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Surface Cleaning Head with Dual Rotating Agitators

US 11,278,171 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 20, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends May 9, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Oct 21, 2016 as application 15/331,045 · Granted Mar 22, 2022
Base term plus 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2016
Term ends
May 9, 2037
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
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
200
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.
28
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 200 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 21, 2016, when this application, 15/331,045, was filedOct 21, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+200 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 9, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 9, 2037High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 3, 2017
Reel 44321, frame 885
Global Appliance Inc.; SharkNinja Operating LLC; SharkNinja Management Company; SharkNinja Sales Company; Euro-Pro Holdco, LLC; Global Appliance UK Holdco Limited; Compass Cayman SPV, Ltd.; Compass Cayman SPV 2 Limited; Ep Midco LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 9, 2019
Reel 48835, frame 456
Carter, Steven Paul; Udy, Adam; Sutter, Catriona A.; Pinches, Christopher; Clare, David S.; Brown, Andre David; Freese, John; Clearly, Patrick; Calvino, Alexander; Cottrell, Lee M.; Meyer, Daniel; Jalbert, David; Hutchinson, Peter; Howes, Gordon; Wenxiu, Nancy Gao; Wu, David; Poirier, David W.; Thorne, Jason; Innes, Daniel JohnSharkNinja Operating LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 3, 2020
Reel 52311, frame 585
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGlobal Appliance Inc.; SharkNinja Operating LLC; SharkNinja Management Company; SharkNinja Sales Company; Euro-Pro Holdco, LLC; Global Appliance UK Holdco Limited; Compass Cayman SPV, Ltd.; Compass Cayman SPV 2 Limited; Ep Midco LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGlobal Appliance Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSharkNinja Operating LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSharkNinja Management CompanyRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSharkNinja Sales CompanyRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentEuro-Pro Holdco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGlobal Appliance UK Holdco LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentCompass Cayman SPV, Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentCompass Cayman SPV 2 LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentEp Midco LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 20, 2023
Reel 64600, frame 98
SharkNinja Operating LLCBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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