Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 25, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).
Term ends Jul 1, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 1, 2040
Held by VPG Acquisitionco, LLC
Filed Jul 1, 2020 as application 16/918,773 · Granted Mar 21, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
Term ends
Jul 1, 2040
Jul 1, 2040
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 1, 2020, when this application, 16/918,773, was filed | Jul 1, 2040 | 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 1, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,606,999 | this patent Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| US 12,213,552 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| Application 18/988,335 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2021 Reel 56648, frame 771 | Schutt Sports, LLC; Schutt Sports Re, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Field to Field, LLC; Vicis, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Acquisitionco, LLC; Vicis Acquisitionco, LLC; Certor Sports, LLC | Siena Lending Group LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jul 16, 2021 Reel 56893, frame 877 | Certor Sports, LLC; Vicis Acquisitionco, LLC; Vicis, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Acquisitionco, LLC; Schutt Sports, LLC; Schutt Sports Re, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Field to Field, LLC | Innovatus Flagship Fund I, LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 20, 2021 Reel 57238, frame 542 | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Vicis IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2021 Reel 57247, frame 460 | Vicis, Inc. | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2021 Reel 57734, frame 74 | Neubauer, Jason; Lanphear, Noah; Santiago, Cord; Kollgaard, Adam; Curren, Rich | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2021 Reel 57734, frame 116 | Marver, Dave | Spark Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2021 Reel 57750, frame 583 | Glover, Travis E.; Fukuda, Kayla; Stone, Andre H.p.; Fischer, Kurt; Pahlmeyer, Marie; Herrera, Miguel; Cagle, John | Vicis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 58389, frame 170 | Spark Medical, Inc. | Vicis, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 8, 2021 Reel 58041, frame 309 | Vicis, Inc. | VPG Acquisitionco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2022 Reel 60692, frame 32 | Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC | Siena Lending Group LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2025 Reel 72922, frame 94 | Vicis IP, LLC; Schutt Sports IP, LLC | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72961, frame 780 | Siena Lending Group LLC | Schutt Sports IP, LLC; Vicis IP, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Siena Lending Group LLC | Schutt Sports IP, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Siena Lending Group LLC | Vicis IP, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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Jul 2040
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