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Cooling and Climate Conditioning System for a Vehicle

US 7,874,166 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 21, 2016 (Virtus Group, LP).

Lapsed Jan 25, 2015 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Med-Eng, LLC
Filed Feb 14, 2007 as application 11/675,026 · Granted Jan 25, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 723 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 25, 2015
2007 2029
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2007
No longer in force
Jan 25, 2015
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Term would have run to
Feb 6, 2029
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
723
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
23
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 Feb 6, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 723 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 14, 2007, when this application, 11/675,026, was filedFeb 14, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+723 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 6, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jan 25, 2015High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 25, 2015High confidence

This family

US 7,841,026In force
Mar 2028
Mar 2028
US 7,874,166this patent
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
US 8,347,422Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2025
Jan 2025
US 8,622,144Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Application 12/300,575Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US D629,568Term ended
Dec 2024
Dec 2024
US 7,992,421In force
Dec 2028
Dec 2028
US 8,400,367In force
Aug 2029
Aug 2029
8 of 23 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 14, 2007
Reel 19290, frame 117
Reddin, Daniel; Gallant, GlenMed-Eng Systems Inc.Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Jul 24, 2008
Reel 21290, frame 715
Med-Eng Systems Inc.Allen-Vanguard Technologies Inc.Change of Name
Mar 14, 2011
Reel 25948, frame 81
Allen-Vanguard Technologies Inc.Allen-Vanguard CorporationArticles of Amalgamation
Sep 24, 2013
Reel 31269, frame 135
Med-Eng, LLCWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Oct 11, 2013
Reel 31389, frame 635
Mustang Survival ULCSafariland, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 11, 2013
Reel 31398, frame 289
Allen-Vanguard CorporationMustang Survival ULCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 11, 2013
Reel 31400, frame 7
Safariland, LLCMed-Eng, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2013
Reel 31422, frame 513
Med-Eng, LLCBank of America, N.A., as AgentSecurity Agreement
Nov 21, 2016
Reel 40660, frame 873
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationVirtus Group, LPAssignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements
May 11, 2020
Reel 52628, frame 394
Virtus Group, LPGuggenheim Credit Services, LLCPatent Security Interest Agent Agreement
May 11, 2020
Reel 52631, frame 737
Safariland, LLCMed-Eng, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Supporting Assignment Agreement Previously Recorded on Reel 031400 Frame 0007. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Nov 17, 2020
Reel 54546, frame 619
Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as AgentSafariland, LLC; Med-Eng, LLC; Med-Eng Holdings ULC; Pacific Safety Products Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Nov 17, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as AgentSafariland, LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Nov 17, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as AgentMed-Eng, LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Nov 17, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as AgentMed-Eng Holdings ULCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Nov 17, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as AgentPacific Safety Products Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Aug 24, 2021
Reel 57265, frame 736
Bank Of America, N.a.Med-Eng, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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