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Frequency Sensitive Shock Absorber

US 9,657,805 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 18, 2021 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Nov 8, 2032 · High confidence

Filed May 26, 2015 as application 14/721,728 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Nov 8, 2012
Term ends
Nov 8, 2032
Granted
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 9,038,790, to Nov 8, 2032. 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.
2
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 Nov 8, 2012, when application 13/672,295, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2015)Nov 8, 2032High 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 9,038,790)resolves to Nov 8, 2032, 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 orderNov 8, 2032High confidence

This family

US 9,038,790In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
US 9,657,805this patent
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 52 recorded documents are shown; the 12 earliest are not. 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
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 50786, frame 278
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentDFR Acquisition Corporation; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; V&H Performance, LLC; Performance Machine, LLC; Ed Tucker Distributor, Inc.; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentDFR Acquisition CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentKuryakyn Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentV&H Performance, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentPerformance Machine, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentEd Tucker Distributor, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentTucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 23, 2019
Reel 50810, frame 259
DFR Acquisition Corporation,; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; V&H Performance, LLC; Ed Tucker Distributor, Inc.; Performance Machine, LLC; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Pathlight Capital Fund I LPSecurity Interest
Mar 6, 2020
Reel 52115, frame 558
DFR Acquisition CorporationDFR Acquisition LLCChange of Name
Jul 15, 2021
Reel 56890, frame 1
Acf Finco I LPDFR Acquisition Corporation; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; V&H Performance, LLC; Performance Machine, LLC; Ed Tucker Distributor, Inc.; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
Reel 57354, frame 8
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPDFR Acquisition Corporation; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; V&H Performance, LLC; Performance Machine, LLC; Ed Tucker Distributor, Inc.; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Acf Finco I LPDFR Acquisition CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Acf Finco I LPKuryakyn Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Acf Finco I LPV&H Performance, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Acf Finco I LPPerformance Machine, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Acf Finco I LPEd Tucker Distributor, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Acf Finco I LPTucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPDFR Acquisition CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPKuryakyn Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPV&H Performance, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPPerformance Machine, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPEd Tucker Distributor, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital Fund I LPTucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
Reel 57354, frame 75
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationDFR Acquisition; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; V&H Performance, LLC; Performance Machine, LLC; Ed Tucker Distributor, Inc.; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationDFR AcquisitionRelease of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationKuryakyn Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationV&H Performance, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationPerformance Machine, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationEd Tucker Distributor, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 16, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 18, 2021
Reel 56899, frame 722
Ed Tucker Distributor, Inc.; DFR Acquisition LLC; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.; Performance Machine, LLC; V&H Performance, LLCBank of America, N.A., as AgentPatent Security Agreement
Oct 26, 2023
Reel 65365, frame 70
Bank Of America, NaEd Tucker Distributor, Inc.; Kuryakyn Holdings, LLC; DFR Acquisition LLC; Tucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.; V&H Performance, LLC; Performance Machine, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, NaEd Tucker Distributor, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, NaKuryakyn Holdings, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, NaDFR Acquisition LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, NaTucker-Rocky Corporation, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, NaV&H Performance, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, NaPerformance Machine, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 3, 2023
Reel 65450, frame 325
V & H Performance, LLC; Performance Machine, LLCLCL Texas Solutions, LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 27, 2026
Reel 73602, frame 984
LCL Texas Solutions, LLCMag Creative Group, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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