Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 14, 2016 (Virtus Group, LP).
Term ends Dec 8, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 8, 2028
Held by Med-Eng, LLC
Filed Aug 20, 2010 as application 12/746,225 · Granted Aug 9, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 8, 2008
Dec 8, 2008
Term ends
Dec 8, 2028
Dec 8, 2028
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
23
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Dec 8, 2008, when application PCT/CA2008/002125, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 20, 2010) | Dec 8, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Dec 8, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,841,026 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,874,166 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 |
| US 8,347,422 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,622,144 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
| Application 12/300,575 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D629,568 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 7,992,421 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,400,367 | In 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 24877, frame 53 | Jeftic-stojanovski, Gordana; Chin, Lock-sui; Levine, Jeffrey; Dionne, Jean-philippe; Wong, Doug | Allen-Vanguard Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 24877, frame 70 | Makris, Aristidis | Allen-Vanguard Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 14, 2011 Reel 25948, frame 81 | Allen-Vanguard Technologies Inc. | Allen-Vanguard Corporation | Articles of Amalgamation |
| Jul 31, 2014 Reel 33431, frame 765 | Allen-Vanguard Corporation | Med-Eng, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2016 Reel 40736, frame 388 | Med-Eng Holdings ULC; Med-Eng, LLC; Mustang Survival ULC; Tactical Command Industries, Inc.; Safariland, LLC | Virtus Group, LP | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2020 Reel 52622, frame 585 | Virtus Group, LP | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC | Patent Security Interest Agent Agreement |
| Nov 17, 2020 Reel 54546, frame 619 | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Safariland, 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 54452, frame 405 | Maui Acquisition Corp.; Safariland, LLC; Safariland Global Sourcing, LLC; Horsepower, LLC; Med-Eng, LLC; Sencan Holdings, LLC; GH Armor Systems Inc.; United Uniform Distribution, LLC; Med-Eng Holdings ULC; Pacific Safety Products Inc.; Atlantic Tactical, Inc.; Defense Technology, LLC; Lawmen's Distribution, LLC; Safariland Distribution, LLC | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 17, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Safariland, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Nov 17, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Med-Eng, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Nov 17, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Med-Eng Holdings ULC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Nov 17, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Pacific Safety Products Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Aug 20, 2021 Reel 57248, frame 918 | Med-Eng, LLC | PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 3, 2021 Reel 58014, frame 745 | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Cadre Holdings, Inc.; Safariland, LLC; Safariland Global Sourcing, LLC; Horsepower, LLC; Med-Eng, LLC; Sencan Holdings, LLC; Atlantic Tactical, Inc.; Lawmen's Distribution, LLC; Safariland Distribution, LLC; United Uniform Distribution, LLC; GH Armor Systems, Inc.; Med-Eng Holdings ULC; Pacific Safety Products Inc.; Defense Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Cadre Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Safariland, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Safariland Global Sourcing, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Horsepower, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Med-Eng, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Sencan Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Atlantic Tactical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Lawmen's Distribution, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Safariland Distribution, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | United Uniform Distribution, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | GH Armor Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Med-Eng Holdings ULC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Pacific Safety Products Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC, as Agent | Defense Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 8, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
58
later US patents cite this one
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