Also listed on Kidkraft, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 20, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 20, 2038
Held by Backyard Products, LLC
Filed Jan 15, 2020 as application 16/631,368 · Granted Oct 5, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018
Term ends
Jul 20, 2038
Jul 20, 2038
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Oct 5, 2021
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Jul 20, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/043124, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 15, 2020) | Jul 20, 2038 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 20, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2018/043124 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,135,525 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52325, frame 408 | Rieber, Frederick; Barr, David | Kidkraft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52318, frame 367 | Kidkraft, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement (Second Supplemental) |
| Jan 31, 2024 Reel 66385, frame 196 | Antares Capital LP | GB Funding, LLC, as Successor Administrative Agent | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 5, 2024 Reel 66386, frame 530 | Kidkraft, Inc.; Solowave Design Inc.; Solowave Design LP | GB Funding, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2024 Reel 69075, frame 783 | Kidkraft, Inc.; Kidkraft International IP Holdings, LLC; Solowave Design Corp. D/B/A Playdirect; Solowave Design LP, by Its General Partner Solowave Design Inc.; Solowave Design Inc. | Backyard Products, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 20, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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