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US 9,676,371 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 24, 2024 (Oha Agency LLC).

Term ends Jan 18, 2032 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jan 21, 2011 as application 13/011,493 · Granted Jun 13, 2017
Base term plus 1232 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2032
Clock starts
Sep 3, 2008
Term ends
Jan 18, 2032
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,232
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.
5
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 1232 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 3, 2008, when application 12/203,510, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 3, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+1232 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 18, 2032High 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 orderJan 18, 2032Medium confidence

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4 of 5 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
Jan 25, 2011
Reel 25694, frame 40
Krause, David R.; Pansier, Donald J.; Mathys, Daniel J.Cleaning Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 2, 2020
Reel 53963, frame 78
Cleaning Systems, LLC; Transclean, LLCAntares Capital LP, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2020
Reel 54332, frame 857
Cleaning Systems, Inc.Cleaning Systems, LLCCertificate of Conversion
Dec 29, 2020
Reel 54767, frame 843
Cleaning Systems, LLCAres Capital Corporation, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 8, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as Administrative AgentTransclean, LLCPatent Release and Reassignment of R/F 053963/0078
Jan 8, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as Administrative AgentCleaning Systems, LLCPatent Release and Reassignment of R/F 053963/0078
Jan 8, 2021
Reel 54927, frame 921
Antares Capital LP, as Administrative AgentTransclean, LLC; Cleaning Systems, LLCPatent Release and Reassignment of R/F 053963/0078
May 24, 2024
Reel 67519, frame 797
Cleaning Systems, LLCOha Agency LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
May 24, 2024
Reel 67528, frame 490
Ares Capital Corporation, As AgentCleaning Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at R/F 054767/0843

Sources

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