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Rapid-Entry Footwear Having a Stabilizer and an Elastic Element

US 11,633,006 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 13, 2025 (Siena Lending Group LLC).

Term ends Jul 29, 2040 · High confidence

Held by Fast IP, LLC
Filed Oct 13, 2022 as application 17/965,501 · Granted Apr 25, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2020
Term ends
Jul 29, 2040
Granted
Apr 25, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,633,005, to Jul 29, 2040. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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 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 Jul 29, 2020, when application 16/942,335, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2022)Jul 29, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,633,005)resolves to Jul 29, 2040, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 29, 2040High confidence

This family

US 11,633,005In force
Mar 2041
Mar 2041
US 12,274,325In force
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
US 11,633,006this patent
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
US 11,871,811In force
no later than Jul 2040
no later than Jul 2040
US 12,471,660In force
no later than Jul 2040
no later than Jul 2040
US 12,121,096In force
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
Application 19/035,476Pending
not computed
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 5, 2023
Reel 62285, frame 672
Pratt, Michael; Cheney, CraigFast IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2025
Reel 71580, frame 540
Kizik Design, LLC; Fast IP, LLC; Handsfree Labs Licensing, LLC; Handsfree Labs, Inc.Siena Lending Group LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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