Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 4, 2013 (Square 1 Bank).
Term ends Sep 3, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 4, 2033
Held by Hzo, Inc.
Filed Jan 4, 2013 as application 13/734,779 · Granted Jun 30, 2015
Base term plus 242 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2013
Jan 4, 2013
Term ends
Sep 3, 2033
Sep 3, 2033
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Jun 30, 2015
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
242
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
This patent's term runs 242 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jan 4, 2013, when this application, 13/734,779, was filed | Jan 4, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +242 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 2033 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 3, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,071,046 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,773,271 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2013 Reel 29657, frame 150 | Stevens, Blake; Sorenson, Max | Hzo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2013 Reel 29929, frame 34 | Stevens, Blake; Sorenson, Max | Hzo, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignees Address to 12637 South 265 West Ste 300 Draper Ut 84020 Previously Recorded on Reel 029657 Frame 0150. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment to Hzo, Inc. |
| Oct 4, 2013 Reel 31344, frame 756 | Hzo, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Agreement |
| 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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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 3, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 242 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
92
later US patents cite this one
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