Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 20, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 2, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by SharkNinja Operating LLC
Filed Apr 20, 2017 as application 15/492,320 · Granted May 16, 2023
Base term plus 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2016
Oct 21, 2016
Term ends
Dec 2, 2036
Dec 2, 2036
Granted
May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
42
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,278,171, to Dec 2, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 42 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 21, 2016, when applications 15/331,045 and PCT/US2016/058148, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 20, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 21, 2036 | 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 | +42 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 2, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,278,171) | resolves to Dec 2, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 2, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,456,723 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,526,389 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,655,486 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,226,157 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,955,832 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/015370 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,278,171 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2016/058148 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 28 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48814, frame 183 | Thorne, Jason B.; Ming, Yao; Der Marderosian, Daniel R.; Meyer, Daniel; Cleary, Patrick; Howes, Gordon; Wu, David; Wenxiu, Nancy Gao | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 Reel 52311, frame 585 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | 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 LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Global Appliance Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | SharkNinja Management Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | SharkNinja Sales Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Euro-Pro Holdco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Global Appliance UK Holdco Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Compass Cayman SPV, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Compass Cayman SPV 2 Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Ep Midco LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 20, 2023 Reel 64600, frame 98 | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 2, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,278,171, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 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.