Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2020 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Jul 19, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 21, 2030
Held by Petmatrix LLC
Filed Apr 21, 2010 as application 12/764,480 · Granted Jun 4, 2013
Base term plus 454 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Apr 21, 2010
Apr 21, 2010
Term ends
Jul 19, 2031
Jul 19, 2031
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 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
454
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.
8
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 454 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 Apr 21, 2010, when this application, 12/764,480, was filed | Apr 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +454 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 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 | Jul 19, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,677,203 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,455,025 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 9,968,117 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 10,624,317 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 15/958,780 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,259,500 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,712,025 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2011 Reel 26259, frame 792 | Stern, Mark; Wheeler, Peter B. | Petmatrix LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2020 Reel 53375, frame 416 | Glofish LLC; Spectrum Brands, Inc.; Spectrum Brands Pet Group Inc.; Spectrum Brands Pet LLC | Royal Bank of Canada | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67201, frame 653 | Spectrum Brands, Inc.; Glofish, LLC; Spectrum Brands Pet Group, Inc.; Spectrum Brands Pet LLC; Empower Brands, LLC; United Industries Corporation | Royal Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 19, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 454 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.