Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 15, 2021 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 11, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 28, 2029
Held by WW.com, LLC
Filed Aug 28, 2009 as application 12/550,240 · Granted Feb 26, 2013
Base term plus 744 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2009
Aug 28, 2009
Term ends
Sep 11, 2031
Sep 11, 2031
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
744
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.
13
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 744 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 28, 2009, when this application, 12/550,240, was filed | Aug 28, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +744 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 11, 2031 | 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 | Sep 11, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,382,482 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 15/012,315 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/204,699 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/413,856 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/617,656 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/888,709 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/180,518 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/140,912 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2009 Reel 23529, frame 231 | Miller-kovach, Karen; Gerwig, Ute; Peetz, Julia; Jacobsohn, Christine; Frye, Wanema; Rost, Stephanie Lyn; Kinirons, Maria | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2009 Reel 23577, frame 911 | Miller-kovach, Karen; Gerwig, Ute; Peetz, Julia; Jacobsohn, Christine; Frye, Wanema; Rost, Stephanie Lyn; Kinirons, Maria; Halkuff, Dawn | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date of Julia Peetz and Inventor Dawn Halkuff Was Inadvertently Ommited Previously Recorded on Reel 023529 Frame 0231. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Execution Date of 11/11/2009 for Julia Peetz Should Be 11/17/2009 and Dawn Halkuff Should Be Added as an Inventor. |
| Mar 29, 2012 Reel 27958, frame 432 | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 24, 2013 Reel 30277, frame 881 | The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Administrative Agent | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 26, 2013 Reel 30295, frame 554 | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 29, 2017 Reel 44252, frame 580 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 29, 2017 Reel 44253, frame 45 | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2020 Reel 52127, frame 672 | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | WW International, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 28, 2020 Reel 53325, frame 31 | Weightwatchers.com, Inc. | WW.com, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 28, 2020 Reel 53325, frame 93 | WW.com, Inc. | WW.com, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 15, 2021 Reel 55928, frame 171 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | WW International, Inc. (F/K/A Weight Watchers International, Inc.); WW.com, LLC (F/K/A Weightwatchers.com, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2021 Reel 55932, frame 533 | WW International, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | WW International, Inc. (F/K/A Weight Watchers International, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | WW.com, LLC (F/K/A Weightwatchers.com, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2021 Reel 55938, frame 676 | WW International, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2021 Reel 56230, frame 408 | WW International, Inc.; WW.com, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2021 Reel 56234, frame 506 | WW International, Inc.; WW.com, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| Jun 24, 2025 Reel 71507, frame 901 | WW International, Inc.; WW.com, LLC | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
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Sep 2031
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Note
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Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
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