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Non-Spill Drinking Container

US 9,241,588 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 4, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Oct 14, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Oct 14, 2014 as application 14/514,186 · Granted Jan 26, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2014
Term ends
Oct 14, 2034
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
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.
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.
12
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 14, 2014, when this application, 14/514,186, was filedOct 14, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2034High confidence

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8 of 12 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 14, 2014
Reel 33948, frame 548
Dunn, Steven Bryan; Hatherill, Mark A.; Johnson, Kevin Douglas; Saxton, Matthew JosephMunchkin, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2025
Reel 70740, frame 669
Munchkin, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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