Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2024 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends no later than Apr 3, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2040
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Safe Rack LLC
Filed Jan 13, 2022 as application 17/574,739 · Granted Jun 27, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2020
Apr 3, 2020
Ends no later than
Apr 3, 2040
Apr 3, 2040
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Jun 27, 2023
base term
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Apr 3, 2020, when application 16/839,787, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 2022) | Apr 3, 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Apr 3, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 62/829,771 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,254,527 | In force Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2020/026862 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,685,618 | this patent no later than Apr 2040 | no later than Apr 2040 |
| US 11,993,471 | In force no later than Apr 2040 | no later than Apr 2040 |
| US 12,459,760 | In force no later than Apr 2040 | no later than Apr 2040 |
| Application 19/371,693 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2022 Reel 59376, frame 381 | Lawson, John Rutledge; O'keefe, James Michael; Reichert, Jeff W.; Scott, Jeffrey David | Safe Rack LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2022 Reel 61933, frame 415 | Safe Rack LLC | Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69618, frame 487 | Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC | Safe Rack LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69618, frame 509 | Safe Rack LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2040
Term ends no later than Apr 3, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Apr 3, 2040. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.