Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 1, 2022 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.).
Term ended Nov 4, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 4, 2024
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on May 18, 2026.
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed Jul 25, 2012 as application 13/557,876 · Granted Apr 15, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 4, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2004
Nov 4, 2004
Term ended
Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024
Granted
Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014
base term
after the term ends
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.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 4, 2004, when application PCT/US2004/037148, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 25, 2012) | Nov 4, 2024 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on May 18, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 4, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2004/037148 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,849,547 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,241,430 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,118,943 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,051,750 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| US 8,696,821 | this patent Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| Application 14/729,648 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46500, frame 291 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46622, frame 1 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Credit Suisse International | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2020 Reel 54163, frame 305 | Aqua Products, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2022 Reel 58922, frame 901 | Credit Suisse International | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Assignment |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58982, frame 912 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc.; Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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