Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2022 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.).
Term ends no later than Aug 31, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2032
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed Jan 2, 2020 as application 16/732,474 · Granted Aug 17, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2012
Aug 31, 2012
Ends no later than
Aug 31, 2032
Aug 31, 2032
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 31, 2012, when application 13/600,567, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 2, 2020) | Aug 31, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Aug 31, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/600,567 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,037,675 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 14/728,678 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,255,784 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 10,375,543 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,621,848 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 10,560,820 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 11,096,024 | this patent no later than Aug 2032 | no later than Aug 2032 |
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53941, frame 63 | McQueen, E. Keith; Nibler, David; Uy, Dindo; Goldman, David | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53954, frame 321 | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 30, 2022 Reel 58902, frame 855 | Custom Molded Products, LLC; S.R. Smith, LLC; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends no later than Aug 31, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 31, 2032. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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