Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 15, 2021 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends May 21, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2029
Held by Oregon Tool, Inc.
Filed Sep 13, 2013 as application 14/026,961 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 21, 2009
May 21, 2009
Term ends
May 21, 2029
May 21, 2029
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014
base term
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.
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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 May 21, 2009, when application 12/470,456, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 13, 2013) | May 21, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 21, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,651,005 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/045070 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,863,629 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 14/517,764 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2013 Reel 31206, frame 406 | Yancey, James; Bailey, Charlie; Gerlach, Todd | Blount, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2014 Reel 32166, frame 110 | Blount, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Supplemental Patent Security Agreement |
| May 6, 2015 Reel 35595, frame 451 | Blount, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 6, 2015 Reel 35603, frame 495 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Speeco, Incorporated; Woods Equipment Company; Blount, Inc.; Blount International, Inc.; Dixon Industries, Inc.; Fabtek Corporation; Frederick Manufacturing Corporation; Gear Products, Inc.; Windsor Forestry Tools LLC; Omark Properties, Inc.; Bi, L.l.c.; 4520 Corp., Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Speeco, Incorporated | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Woods Equipment Company | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Blount, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Blount International, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Dixon Industries, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Fabtek Corporation | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Frederick Manufacturing Corporation | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Gear Products, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Windsor Forestry Tools LLC | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Omark Properties, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Bi, L.l.c. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| May 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | 4520 Corp., Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2016 Reel 38419, frame 815 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Blount, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Filed at R/F 035595/0451 |
| Apr 13, 2016 Reel 38427, frame 148 | Blount, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2021 Reel 55304, frame 480 | Blount, Inc. | Oregon Tool, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57827, frame 237 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Oregon Tool, Inc. (F/K/A Blount, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 038427/0148 |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57827, frame 381 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Speeco, Incorporated; Woods Equipment Company | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Oct 19, 2021 Reel 57859, frame 549 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Speeco, Incorporated; Woods Equipment Company | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70376, frame 180 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Company | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70376, frame 194 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Company | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Intercompany Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2025 Reel 70376, frame 220 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Company | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 10, 2025 Reel 70454, frame 422 | Oregon Tool, Inc.; Woods Equipment Co. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Third Lien Patent Security Agreement |
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May 2029
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