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Inverted Tooth Chain System with Inside Flank Engagement

US 7,789,783 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 23, 2022 (Maranon Capital, L.P.).

Term ends Aug 15, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Sep 16, 2005 as application 11/228,186 · Granted Sep 7, 2010
Base term plus 1064 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2028
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2005
Term ends
Aug 15, 2028
Granted
Sep 7, 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
1,064
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.

This patent's term runs 1064 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 16, 2005, when this application, 11/228,186, was filedSep 16, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1064 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 15, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 15, 2028High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 8, 2005
Reel 17329, frame 621
Young, James D.; Richardson, Todd W.Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 2006
Reel 17626, frame 904
Cloyes Gears and Products, Inc.Lasalle Business Credit, LLCSecurity Agreement
Mar 30, 2010
Reel 24160, frame 13
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
Jun 15, 2010
Reel 24529, frame 556
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 2, 2010
Reel 24777, frame 530
Young, James D.; Richardson, Todd W.Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the State of Assignee from Alaska to Arkansas Previously Recorded on Reel 017329 Frame 0621. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Mar 22, 2011
Reel 25993, frame 296
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 22, 2011
Reel 25998, frame 965
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 5, 2012
Reel 29087, frame 140
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 8, 2012
Reel 29088, frame 944
Bank of America, N.A.,Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.,Termination of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2012
Reel 29157, frame 146
Bank of America, N.A., as Successor in Interest to Lasalle Business Credit, LLCCloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Release of Security Interest Recorded 05/18/2006 at Reel 017626, Frame 0904.
Feb 14, 2013
Reel 29816, frame 396
Bank Of America, N.a.Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Termination of Security Interest Reel/Frame 025998/0965 and 028863/0964
Oct 20, 2014
Reel 34024, frame 217
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Oct 21, 2014
Reel 34029, frame 635
Goldman Sachs Bank USACloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Release of 029087/0140)
Apr 6, 2017
Reel 42178, frame 504
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as AgentCloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 034024/0217
Jun 8, 2017
Reel 42734, frame 1
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.; Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.; Grede LLC; Grede II LLC; Metaldyne, LLC; Metaldyne BSM, LLC; MSP Industries CorporationJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 5, 2018
Reel 45845, frame 469
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentCloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 21, 2018
Reel 46410, frame 539
HH-Cloyes, Inc.LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 9, 2018
Reel 47254, frame 45
Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.HH-Cloyes, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 19, 2018
Reel 47271, frame 746
Bank Of America, N.a.Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.; HDM Products, Inc.; Dynagear, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.HDM Products, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 19, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Dynagear, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 18, 2022
Reel 59232, frame 1
LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC, as AgentHH-Cloyes, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 18, 2022
Reel 59313, frame 774
HH-Cloyes, Inc.Mop-Cloyes, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 23, 2022
Reel 59080, frame 275
Mop-Cloyes, Inc.Maranon Capital, L.p.Security Interest
May 1, 2026
Reel 74541, frame 444
Mop-Cloyes, Inc.; Automotive Tensioners, Inc.; Rotomaster Can Holdings ULCMidcap Financial Trust, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
May 1, 2026
Reel 74545, frame 887
Eldridge Credit Advisers, LLCMop-Cloyes, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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