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Tightening Harness

US 11,678,645 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 26, 2026 (The Toronto-Dominion Bank).

Term ends Nov 28, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Aug 3, 2020 as application 16/945,957 · Granted Jun 20, 2023
Base term plus 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Aug 3, 2020
Term ends
Nov 28, 2040
Granted
Jun 20, 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
117
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 117 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Aug 3, 2020, when this application, 16/945,957, was filedAug 3, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+117 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 28, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 28, 2040High confidence

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US 11,678,645this patent
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US 12,070,014In force
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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
Feb 18, 2025
Reel 70248, frame 96
Launchlab Inc.Paw Acquisition I Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2026
Reel 73576, frame 51
Paw Acquisition I Corp.The Toronto-Dominion BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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