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Curved Base Air Filter

US 11,927,158 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 24, 2024 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).

Term ends Oct 28, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Feb 27, 2023 as application 18/114,683 · Granted Mar 12, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2016
Term ends
Oct 28, 2036
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
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.
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.
6
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. 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 Oct 28, 2016, when application 15/337,356, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2023)Oct 28, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderOct 28, 2036High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/059521PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,883,455In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 11,608,802In force
Mar 2037
Mar 2037
US 11,927,158this patent
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 12,345,221In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
Application 19/239,696Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 26, 2023
Reel 64061, frame 76
Williams, Steve; Wall, Jere JamesK&N Engineering, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2024
Reel 71008, frame 165
K & N Engineering, Inc.Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 25, 2024
Reel 69268, frame 13
K & N Engineering, Inc.Ankura Trust Company, LLCPatent Security Agreement – Supplement No. 1
May 8, 2026
Reel 75785, frame 57
Ankura Trust Company, LLCK & N Engineering, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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