Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 29, 2022 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC).
Term ends May 29, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 5, 2039
Held by Worldwise, Inc.
Filed Dec 5, 2019 as application 16/705,086 · Granted Dec 28, 2021
Base term plus 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019
Term ends
May 29, 2040
May 29, 2040
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Dec 28, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
176
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 runs 176 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Dec 5, 2019, when this application, 16/705,086, was filed | Dec 5, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +176 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 29, 2040 | 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 | May 29, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,206,806 | this patent May 2040 | May 2040 |
| Application 17/562,739 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/257,207 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2020 Reel 51901, frame 587 | Van Wert, Carrie | Creative Petworks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 58798, frame 845 | Creative Petworks LLC | Worldwise, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2022 Reel 60249, frame 440 | Worldwise, Inc.; Quaker Pet Group, Inc.; Furhaven Pet Products, Inc. | KKR Loan Administration Services LLC | Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2040
Term ends May 29, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
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.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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