Term ends Jul 10, 2032 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2032
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed Jan 7, 2021 as application 17/143,624 · Granted Mar 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
Term ends
Jul 10, 2032
Jul 10, 2032
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Mar 1, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,003,191, US 9,995,051, to Jul 10, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 10, 2012, when application 13/545,918, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 7, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 10, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,003,191, US 9,995,051) | resolves to Jul 10, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jul 10, 2032 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,388,595 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,995,051 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,338,599 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 10,739,785 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 11,003,191 | In force no later than Jul 2032 | no later than Jul 2032 |
| US 11,262,766 | this patent Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 11,880,207 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| Application 18/529,301 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2021 Reel 56830, frame 783 | Aqua Products, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2021 Reel 56845, frame 598 | Durvasula, Kameshwar; Correa, William Londono | Aqua Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 10, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,003,191, US 9,995,051, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.