Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2023 (Antares Capital LP).
Term ends Aug 2, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 12, 2042
Held by CFS Brands, LLC
Filed Sep 12, 2022 as application 17/942,831 · Granted Sep 23, 2025
Base term plus 324 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2043
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2022
Sep 12, 2022
Term ends
Aug 2, 2043
Aug 2, 2043
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
324
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 324 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 Sep 12, 2022, when this application, 17/942,831, was filed | Sep 12, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +324 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 2, 2043 | 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 | Aug 2, 2043 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 63/261,172 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,421,026 | this patent Aug 2043 | Aug 2043 |
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 12, 2022 Reel 61397, frame 320 | Young, Michael; Larson, Tim; Jenne, Tyler | CFS Brands, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2023 Reel 65107, frame 356 | Foodware, LLC; CFS Brands, LLC; San Jamar, Inc.; Ayrking, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2043
Term ends Aug 2, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 324 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.