Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 5, 2018 (Credit Suisse International).
Term ends Dec 3, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 27, 2026
Held by Cover Pools, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2006 as application 11/426,805 · Granted Mar 3, 2009
Base term plus 159 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2006
Jun 27, 2006
Term ends
Dec 3, 2026
Dec 3, 2026
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
159
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 159 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 27, 2006, when this application, 11/426,805, was filed | Jun 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +159 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 3, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 3, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,496,976 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/014914 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2006 Reel 17852, frame 858 | Drechsel, Mr. Lamont | Cover Pools, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2014 Reel 33181, frame 926 | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Ing Bank N.V. | IP Security Agreement |
| Jan 10, 2017 Reel 40935, frame 80 | Ing Bank N.v., London Branch | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 13, 2017 Reel 41357, frame 1 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.; Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 13, 2017 Reel 41365, frame 640 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.; Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 13, 2017 Reel 41368, frame 519 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.; Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46492, frame 26 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Formerly Known as Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.); Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC (as Successor in Interest to Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc.) | Patent Release (ABL) |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46492, frame 37 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Formerly Known as Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.); Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC (as Successor in Interest to Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc.) | Patent Release (Second Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46500, frame 291 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46622, frame 1 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Credit Suisse International | Security Interest |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 47248, frame 655 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Formerly Known as Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.); Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC (as Successor in Interest to Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc.) | Patent Release (First Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Patent Release (ABL) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Formerly Known as Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.) | Patent Release (ABL) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC (as Successor in Interest to Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc.) | Patent Release (ABL) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Patent Release (Second Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Formerly Known as Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.) | Patent Release (Second Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC (as Successor in Interest to Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc.) | Patent Release (Second Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Patent Release (First Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC (Formerly Known as Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.) | Patent Release (First Lien) |
| Jul 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC (as Successor in Interest to Zodiac Pool Solutions North America, Inc.) | Patent Release (First Lien) |
| Feb 1, 2022 Reel 58922, frame 901 | Credit Suisse International | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Assignment |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58982, frame 912 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc.; Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 3, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 159 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
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