Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2024 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends Jul 16, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 16, 2031
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,739,544), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Safe Rack LLC
Filed Jun 21, 2023 as application 18/212,566 · Granted Jan 27, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2011
Jul 16, 2011
Term ends
Jul 16, 2031
Jul 16, 2031
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,739,544, to Jul 16, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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 Jul 16, 2011, when application 13/184,499, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2023) | Jul 16, 2031 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,739,544) | resolves to Jul 16, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 16, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/184,499 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,358,871 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US D872,310 | In force no later than Jan 2035 | no later than Jan 2035 |
| US D878,635 | In force no later than Mar 2035 | no later than Mar 2035 |
| US 11,447,965 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 11,739,544 | In force no later than Jul 2031 | no later than Jul 2031 |
| US 12,534,923 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application 19/456,512 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2023 Reel 64617, frame 580 | Honeycutt, Robert W. | Safe Rack LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69618, frame 509 | Safe Rack LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 16, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,739,544, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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