Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 1, 2022 (HSBC Bank USA, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 5, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2032
Held by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
Filed Jul 10, 2012 as application 13/545,918 · Granted Jul 12, 2016
Base term plus 909 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
Term ends
Jan 5, 2035
Jan 5, 2035
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
909
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.
8
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 909 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 Jul 10, 2012, when this application, 13/545,918, was filed | Jul 10, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +909 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 5, 2035 | 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 | Jan 5, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,388,595 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,995,051 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,338,599 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 10,739,785 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 11,003,191 | In force no later than Jul 2032 | no later than Jul 2032 |
| US 11,262,766 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 11,880,207 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| Application 18/529,301 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28542, frame 620 | Durvasula, Kameshwar; Correa, William Londono | Aqua Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46500, frame 291 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46622, frame 1 | Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Aqua Products, Inc. | Credit Suisse International | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2020 Reel 54163, frame 305 | Aqua Products, Inc. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2022 Reel 58922, frame 901 | Credit Suisse International | HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Assignment |
| Feb 3, 2022 Reel 58982, frame 912 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc.; Cover-Pools Incorporated; Zodiac Pool Systems LLC; Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Aqua Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cover-Pools Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Zodiac Pool Systems. Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 5, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 909 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
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