Term ended Jul 12, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 13, 2026
Held by Earthlite, LLC
Filed Jun 13, 2006 as application 11/452,726 · Granted Jul 19, 2011
Base term plus 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jul 12, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2006
Jun 13, 2006
Term ended
Jul 12, 2026
Jul 12, 2026
Granted
Jul 19, 2011
Jul 19, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
29
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.
6
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 29 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jun 13, 2006, when this application, 11/452,726, was filed | Jun 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +29 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 12, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 12, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,640,609 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,979,934 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,636,968 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,610,639 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,979,933 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/022969 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2006 Reel 18287, frame 969 | Roleder, Jon W.; Chow, William W. | Earthlite Massage Tables, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2016 Reel 39310, frame 24 | Earthlite Acquisition, Inc.; Earthlite, LLC | TCF National Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 Reel 46419, frame 128 | Earthlite Massage Tables, Inc. | Earthlite, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 19, 2023 Reel 63707, frame 969 | Earthlite, LLC; Earthlite Acquisition, Inc.; Continuum Footspas, LLC | The Huntington National Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2023 Reel 65732, frame 187 | Earthlite Acquisition, Inc.; Earthlite, LLC; Continuum Footspas, LLC | Old Second National Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2023 Reel 65743, frame 359 | The Huntington National Bank F/K/A TCF National Bank | Earthlite, LLC; Earthlite Acquisition, Inc.; Continuum Footspas, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank F/K/A TCF National Bank | Earthlite, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank F/K/A TCF National Bank | Earthlite Acquisition, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank F/K/A TCF National Bank | Continuum Footspas, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 4, 2024 Reel 67912, frame 933 | Old Second National Bank, a National Bank | Earthlite Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Earthlite, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; Continuum Footspas, LLC, a Wisconsin Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Old Second National Bank, a National Bank | Earthlite Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Old Second National Bank, a National Bank | Earthlite, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Old Second National Bank, a National Bank | Continuum Footspas, LLC, a Wisconsin Limited Liability Company | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 29 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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