Also listed on Cantolino Industries, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 2, 2016 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 3, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 31, 2028
Held by Rectorseal, LLC
Filed Jan 31, 2008 as application 12/012,307 · Granted May 4, 2010
Base term plus 307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2008
Jan 31, 2008
Term ends
Dec 3, 2028
Dec 3, 2028
Granted
May 4, 2010
May 4, 2010
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
307
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.
34
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 307 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 Jan 31, 2008, when this application, 12/012,307, was filed | Jan 31, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +307 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 3, 2028 | 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, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,550,264 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2015 | Apr 2015 |
| US 6,895,771 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2017 | May 2017 |
| US 6,877,333 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 |
| US 7,067,749 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| US D527,793 | Term ended Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 |
| US 6,992,259 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
| US 7,389,651 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2016 | Jun 2016 |
| US 6,992,260 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
8 of 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2010 Reel 24599, frame 762 | Cantolino, Christopher Ralph | Cantolino Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2013 Reel 29572, frame 304 | Cantolino, Christopher Ralph; Cantolino Industries, Inc. | Bay Cities Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 20, 2014 Reel 32257, frame 421 | Cantolino, Christopher Ralph; Cantolino Industries, Inc. | Bay Cities Bank | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2014 Reel 32623, frame 853 | Cantolino, Chris; Cantolino Industries, Inc. | The Rectorseal Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bay Cities Bank | Cantolino, Christopher Ralph | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct the Assignor Name and the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 032257 Frame 0421. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release by Secured Party. |
| Apr 14, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Bay Cities Bank | Cantolino Industries, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct the Assignor Name and the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 032257 Frame 0421. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release by Secured Party. |
| Apr 14, 2014 Reel 32674, frame 560 | Bay Cities Bank | Cantolino, Christopher Ralph; Cantolino Industries, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct the Assignor Name and the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 032257 Frame 0421. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release by Secured Party. |
| Jan 5, 2016 Reel 37411, frame 5 | The Rectorseal Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 22, 2016 Reel 40665, frame 755 | The Rectorseal Corporation | Rectorseal, LLC | Conversion, Formation |
| Dec 2, 2016 Reel 40818, frame 86 | Rectorseal, LLC Formerly Known as the Rectorseal Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56697, frame 888 | Balco, Inc.; Rectorseal, LLC; Smoke Guard, Inc.; Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 3, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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