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Surface Cleaning Head Including Openable Agitator Chamber and a Removable Rotatable Agitator

US 9,456,723 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 20, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Jun 15, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Jun 15, 2015 as application 14/739,915 · Granted Oct 4, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2015
Term ends
Jun 15, 2035
Granted
Oct 4, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,526,389, to Jun 15, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
28
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 15, 2015, when this application, 14/739,915, was filedJun 15, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,526,389)resolves to Jun 15, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 15, 2035High confidence

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US 9,456,723this patent
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US 9,526,389In force
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Application PCT/US2016/015370PCT application
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US 11,278,171In force
May 2037
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Application PCT/US2016/058148PCT application
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8 of 28 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
Nov 17, 2015
Reel 37124, frame 386
SharkNinja Operating LLCBank of America, N.A., as AgentFourth Supplement to Patent Security Agreement
Jul 21, 2016
Reel 39208, frame 713
Thorne, Jason B.; Xu, Kai; Xu, Aiming; Brown, Andre David; Hopkins, Courtney J.SharkNinja Operating LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2017
Reel 44321, frame 885
Global Appliance Inc.; SharkNinja Operating LLC; SharkNinja Management Company; SharkNinja Sales Company; Euro-Pro Holdco, LLC; Global Appliance UK Holdco Limited; Compass Cayman SPV, Ltd.; Compass Cayman SPV 2 Limited; Ep Midco LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 13, 2017
Reel 44207, frame 652
Bank Of America, N.a.SharkNinja Operating LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
Reel 52311, frame 585
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGlobal Appliance Inc.; SharkNinja Operating LLC; SharkNinja Management Company; SharkNinja Sales Company; Euro-Pro Holdco, LLC; Global Appliance UK Holdco Limited; Compass Cayman SPV, Ltd.; Compass Cayman SPV 2 Limited; Ep Midco LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGlobal Appliance Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSharkNinja Operating LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSharkNinja Management CompanyRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSharkNinja Sales CompanyRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentEuro-Pro Holdco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentGlobal Appliance UK Holdco LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentCompass Cayman SPV, Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentCompass Cayman SPV 2 LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentEp Midco LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 20, 2023
Reel 64600, frame 98
SharkNinja Operating LLCBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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