Lapsed Nov 24, 2017 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 26, 2024
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Bowflex Inc.
Filed Feb 26, 2004 as application 10/789,182 · Granted Nov 24, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1051 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 24, 2017
2004
2027
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2004
Feb 26, 2004
No longer in force
Nov 24, 2017
Nov 24, 2017
Granted
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
Term would have run to
Jan 12, 2027
Jan 12, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
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
1,051
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
31
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 12, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 1051 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 26, 2004, when this application, 10/789,182, was filed | Feb 26, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1051 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 12, 2027 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 24, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 24, 2017 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,621,850 | this patent Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 |
| US 7,553,260 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 |
| US 7,618,346 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 |
| Application 60/548,787 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/548,265 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/548,786 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/548,811 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2004/006140 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2004 Reel 14606, frame 861 | Piaget, Gary; Christopher, Brent; Cook, Brian R.; Crawford, Douglas A.; Flick, Edward L.; Golesh, Eric D.; Monette, Ben; Potter, Randal; Singh, Todd; Rauwerdink, Matt; Warner, Patrick A.; Smith, Bradley J. | Nautilus, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2007 Reel 20098, frame 682 | Nautilus, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2008 Reel 20525, frame 445 | Nautilus, Inc.; Dashamerica, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 3, 2010 Reel 23882, frame 981 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Nautilus, Inc.; Dashamerica, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2010 Reel 23892, frame 32 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Nautilus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Dashamerica, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 19, 2010 Reel 24103, frame 691 | Nautilus, Inc. | Bank of the West | Security Agreement |
| Dec 7, 2015 Reel 37231, frame 613 | Bank of the West | Nautilus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 7, 2023 Reel 65820, frame 610 | Nautilus, Inc. | Bowflex Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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Note
The 1051 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
180
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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