Also listed on Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 30, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 6, 2030
Filed Sep 2, 2010 as application 12/874,980 · Granted Oct 1, 2013
Base term plus 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 6, 2010
Apr 6, 2010
Term ends
Jun 30, 2030
Jun 30, 2030
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 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
85
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.
3
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 85 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 6, 2010, when application 29/359,150, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2010) | Apr 6, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +85 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 30, 2030 | 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 | Jun 30, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US D634,490 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2010/047731 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,544,906 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
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 11, 2010 Reel 25349, frame 827 | Northrop, Melaney; Weber, Adam | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25675, frame 305 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jan 24, 2011 Reel 25680, frame 371 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Chase Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 21, 2015 Reel 37355, frame 159 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Ally Bank, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2017 Reel 42478, frame 362 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest 025675/0305 |
| May 17, 2017 Reel 42485, frame 107 | Chase Capital Corporation | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest 025680/0371 |
| May 22, 2017 Reel 42525, frame 957 | Ally Bank, As Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 23, 2017 Reel 42554, frame 250 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57523, frame 912 | Antares Capital LP | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.; GAMMA2 LLC; Healthy Chews, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57524, frame 556 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank of Montreal | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57524, frame 645 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank of Montreal | Abl Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2021 Reel 57704, frame 414 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank of Montreal | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 16, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | GAMMA2 LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Healthy Chews, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 6, 2023 Reel 65179, frame 9 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2023 Reel 65180, frame 461 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2023 Reel 65180, frame 954 | Bank of Montreal | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 9, 2023 Reel 65181, frame 322 | Bank of Montreal | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 28, 2024 Reel 67246, frame 427 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 177 | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Term Loan Patent Security Agreement |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 236 | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, as the Collateral Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral (CAYMAN) |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 282 | Bank of Montreal, as the Collateral Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral (First Lien) |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 320 | Bank of Montreal, as the Collateral Agent | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral (Second Lien) |
| Feb 13, 2025 Reel 70207, frame 222 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2025 Reel 70449, frame 195 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2025 Reel 72261, frame 915 | Pluto Opco (Cayman), LLC | Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 30, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
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.
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