Also listed on Faster Faster Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 29, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2035
Filed Jul 13, 2016 as application 15/209,549 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015
Term ends
Jun 29, 2035
Jun 29, 2035
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 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.
3
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 29, 2015, when application 14/753,718, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2016) | Jun 29, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Jun 29, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,415,673 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/038592 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,446,659 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
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 13, 2016 Reel 39151, frame 463 | Blain, Christopher Charles; Sand, Jeff Waldo; Dorresteyn, Derek Albert | Faster Faster Inc. (Dba Alta Motors) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47127, frame 773 | Faster Faster, Inc. | BRP US Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 27, 2019 Reel 48453, frame 647 | Faster Faster Inc. | Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 29, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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