Also listed on Travelpro International, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 11, 2021 (BSP Agency, LLC, as the Successor Agent).
Term ends Oct 18, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 11, 2032
Held by Travelpro Products, Inc.
Filed Jul 11, 2012 as application 13/546,386 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term plus 99 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2012
Jul 11, 2012
Term ends
Oct 18, 2032
Oct 18, 2032
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014
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
99
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.
2
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 99 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 11, 2012, when this application, 13/546,386, was filed | Jul 11, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +99 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 18, 2032 | 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 | Oct 18, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,875,855 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/027261 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 11, 2012 Reel 28529, frame 574 | Sener, James T.; Mathieu, David L. | Ideaz LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2012 Reel 28541, frame 701 | Ideaz, LLC | Travelpro International Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2016 Reel 38748, frame 241 | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Triangle Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38794, frame 252 | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38890, frame 717 | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Triangle Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number: 13453238; Patent Number: 9256419 Previously Recorded at Reel: 038748 Frame: 0241. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 9, 2016 Reel 38936, frame 480 | Travelpro International, Inc. | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2021 Reel 55617, frame 837 | Triangle Capital Corporation, as the Retiring Agent | BSP Agency, LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) |
| Oct 24, 2023 Reel 65335, frame 812 | BSP Agency, LLC (Successor Agent to Triangle Capital Corporation) | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 25, 2023 Reel 65333, frame 144 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2023 Reel 65335, frame 656 | Travelpro Bsi, Inc.; Travelpro Products, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2023 Reel 65395, frame 328 | Travelpro Bsi, Inc.; Travelpro Products, Inc. | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 18, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 99 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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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.