Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 1, 2022 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.).
Lapsed Dec 14, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 4, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed Mar 23, 2006 as application 10/542,158 · Granted Dec 14, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 14, 2022
2004
2028
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2004
Nov 4, 2004
No longer in force
Dec 14, 2022
Dec 14, 2022
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Dec 14, 2010
Term would have run to
Mar 26, 2028
Mar 26, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,238
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
7
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 Mar 26, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 1238 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 Nov 4, 2004, when application PCT/US2004/037148, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 23, 2006) | Nov 4, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1238 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 14, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 14, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2004/037148 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,849,547 | this patent Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,241,430 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,118,943 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,051,750 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| US 8,696,821 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| Application 14/729,648 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2006 Reel 17754, frame 694 | Erlich, Giora; Horvath, Tibor | Aqua Products Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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 |
| Aug 28, 2020 Reel 54163, frame 305 | Aqua Products, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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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Note
The 1238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
84
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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