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US 9,664,481 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 11, 2015 (Royal Bank of Canada).

Term ends Dec 29, 2034 · High confidence

Held by 5.11, Inc.
Filed Aug 7, 2014 as application 14/454,641 · Granted May 30, 2017
Base term plus 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2014
Term ends
Dec 29, 2034
Granted
May 30, 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
144
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.
6
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 144 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 7, 2014, when this application, 14/454,641, was filedAug 7, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 29, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 29, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,664,481this patent
Dec 2034
Dec 2034
Application PCT/US2015/044072PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US D822,288In force
Jul 2033
Jul 2033
Application 15/410,314Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,723,909In force
no later than Aug 2034
no later than Aug 2034
US 10,070,714In force
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
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
Aug 29, 2014
Reel 33643, frame 648
Alcantra, Cres Trilles; Aguilar, Fernando Calderon; Lambert, Scott Michael5.11, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 11, 2015
Reel 35610, frame 889
5.11, Inc.; 5.11 Acquisition Corp.; 5.11 Ta, Inc.Royal Bank of CanadaSecurity Interest
Oct 20, 2016
Reel 40081, frame 590
5.11, Inc.Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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