Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 5, 2026 (Glas Agency (Hong Kong) Limited).
Term ends Jan 31, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2033
Held by Scentair Technologies, LLC
Filed Jul 10, 2013 as application 13/939,159 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term plus 570 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2035
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013
Term ends
Jan 31, 2035
Jan 31, 2035
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 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
570
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.
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 runs 570 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, 2013, when this application, 13/939,159, was filed | Jul 10, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +570 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 31, 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 31, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,446,162 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2014/045971 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,073,430 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,838,388 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 62/817,207 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US D935,593 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| Application 17/097,024 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D988,492 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2015 Reel 37275, frame 388 | Chandler, John Thurston; Morton, Chad Alan | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 Reel 49815, frame 446 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51606, frame 532 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51693, frame 793 | Antares Capital LP | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Patent Release |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74613, frame 667 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral Recorded at Reel 051606, Frame 0532 |
| Feb 5, 2026 Reel 73710, frame 984 | Scentair Technologies, LLC | Glas Agency (Hong Kong) Limited | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 31, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 570 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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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.