Also listed on Zodiac Pool Care, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 1, 2022 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.).
Term ends May 21, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 23, 2027
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed May 23, 2007 as application 11/805,313 · Granted Aug 10, 2010
Base term plus 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
May 23, 2007
May 23, 2007
Term ends
May 21, 2028
May 21, 2028
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 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
364
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 364 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 May 23, 2007, when this application, 11/805,313, was filed | May 23, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +364 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 21, 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 | May 21, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,770,815 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application 12/831,379 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2007 Reel 19910, frame 327 | Zodiac Pool Care, Inc. | Ing Bank N.V. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 5, 2009 Reel 22209, frame 44 | Green, Charles T., MR.; Wichmann, Jeffrey A., MR. | Polaris Pool Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2009 Reel 22209, frame 150 | Polaris Pool Systems, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Care, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 12, 2010 Reel 25114, frame 557 | Zodiac Pool Care, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Merger |
| Jan 10, 2017 Reel 41318, frame 263 | Ing Bank N.v., London Branch | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| 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 26, 2018 Reel 46634, frame 267 | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Change of Name |
| 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
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May 2028
Term ends May 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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