Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 20, 2016 (Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC).
Term ends Sep 28, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 4, 2032
Held by 5.11, Inc.
Filed Sep 4, 2012 as application 13/602,745 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term plus 389 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012
Term ends
Sep 28, 2033
Sep 28, 2033
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
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
389
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.
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 runs 389 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 Sep 4, 2012, when this application, 13/602,745, was filed | Sep 4, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +389 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 28, 2033 | 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 | Sep 28, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,637,845 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,559,093 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 11,441,245 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
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 7, 2012 Reel 29425, frame 640 | Morales, Francisco J. | 5.11, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2014 Reel 32386, frame 284 | 5.11, Inc.; 5.11 Acquisition Corp.; 5.11 Ta, Inc.; Beyond Clothing, LLC | Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 20, 2016 Reel 40081, frame 590 | 5.11, Inc. | Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 Reel 72038, frame 245 | Royal Bank of Canada | 5.11, Inc.; Beyond Clothing, LLC; 5.11 Acquisition Corp.; 5.11 Ta, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | 5.11, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Beyond Clothing, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | 5.11 Acquisition Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | 5.11 Ta, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 28, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 389 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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