Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 20, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 15, 2035
Held by SharkNinja Operating LLC
Filed Jul 16, 2015 as application 14/801,185 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015
Term ends
Jun 15, 2035
Jun 15, 2035
Granted
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
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 9,456,723, 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 15, 2015, when application 14/739,915, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 16, 2015) | Jun 15, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,456,723, US 9,526,389) | resolves to Jun 15, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 15, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,456,723 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,526,389 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,655,486 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,226,157 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 9,955,832 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/015370 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,278,171 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2016/058148 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37124, frame 386 | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Fourth Supplement to Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 20, 2017 Reel 41645, frame 389 | Xu, Kai; Xu, Aiming; Burke, Erin | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Assignment 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 LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2017 Reel 44207, frame 652 | Bank Of America, N.a. | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 Reel 52311, frame 585 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | 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 LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Global Appliance Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | SharkNinja Management Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | SharkNinja Sales Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Euro-Pro Holdco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Global Appliance UK Holdco Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Compass Cayman SPV, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Compass Cayman SPV 2 Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Ep Midco LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 20, 2023 Reel 64600, frame 98 | SharkNinja Operating LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,456,723, US 9,526,389, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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