Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 3, 2018 (Cathay Bank).
Lapsed Jul 8, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 8, 2034
Why Medium: The fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case".
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.
Held by Hzo, Inc.
Filed Jan 8, 2014 as application 14/150,534 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 8, 2026
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014
No longer in force
Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 8, 2034
Jan 8, 2034
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 8, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 8, 2014, when this application, 14/150,534, was filed | Jan 8, 2034 | 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 | The fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | lapsed Jul 8, 2026 | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 8, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,071,046 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,773,271 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,157,880 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,146,207 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2014/050732 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,559,514 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 10,541,529 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| Application 14/871,105 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2014 Reel 32467, frame 461 | Stevens, Blake; Sorenson, Max | Hzo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2016 Reel 38435, frame 224 | Hzo, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank (as Successor in Interest by Merger to Square 1 Bank) | Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2018 Reel 44523, frame 446 | Pacific Western Bank | Hzo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2018 Reel 44995, frame 270 | Hzo, Inc. | Cathay Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 7, 2019 Reel 48284, frame 626 | Hzo, Inc. | Cathay Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2023 Reel 63861, frame 25 | Hzo, Inc.; Hzo Hong Kong Limited | Cathay Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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