Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 20, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 2, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2040
Held by SharkNinja Operating LLC
Filed Dec 31, 2020 as application 17/139,567 · Granted Jan 16, 2024
Base term plus 518 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2042
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2020
Dec 31, 2020
Term ends
Jun 2, 2042
Jun 2, 2042
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
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
518
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.
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 518 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 31, 2020, when this application, 17/139,567, was filed | Dec 31, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +518 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 2, 2042 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 2, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,064,056 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 11,925,298 | In force no later than Aug 2042 | no later than Aug 2042 |
| US 11,641,978 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 12,016,493 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 11,154,163 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 11,871,765 | this patent Jun 2042 | Jun 2042 |
| US 11,324,358 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 12,016,496 | In force Jun 2041 | Jun 2041 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2021 Reel 57201, frame 494 | Shi, Ming Li; Deng, Xu Sheng; He, Pushan; Chu, Ping | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2042
Term ends Jun 2, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 518 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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