Also listed on Travelpro International, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 11, 2021 (BSP Agency, LLC, as the Successor Agent).
Term ends Oct 21, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2031
Held by Travelpro Products, Inc.
Filed Sep 12, 2014 as application 14/484,669 · Granted Jul 18, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2011
Oct 21, 2011
Term ends
Oct 21, 2031
Oct 21, 2031
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Jul 18, 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 8,851,251, to Oct 21, 2031. 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.
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 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 Oct 21, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/057207, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2014) | Oct 21, 2031 | 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 8,851,251) | resolves to Oct 21, 2031, 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 | Oct 21, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2011/057207 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,851,251 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US D696,019 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 9,706,825 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,351,554 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2014 Reel 33729, frame 965 | Sener, James T.; Hageman, Christopher D.; Mathieu, David L.; Smith, Scott | Ideaz, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2014 Reel 33736, frame 259 | Ideaz, LLC | Travelpro International Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2016 Reel 38748, frame 241 | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Triangle Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38794, frame 252 | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38890, frame 717 | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Triangle Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number: 13453238; Patent Number: 9256419 Previously Recorded at Reel: 038748 Frame: 0241. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 9, 2016 Reel 38936, frame 480 | Travelpro International, Inc. | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2021 Reel 55617, frame 837 | Triangle Capital Corporation, as the Retiring Agent | BSP Agency, LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) |
| Oct 24, 2023 Reel 65335, frame 812 | BSP Agency, LLC (Successor Agent to Triangle Capital Corporation) | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 25, 2023 Reel 65333, frame 144 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Travelpro Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2023 Reel 65335, frame 656 | Travelpro Bsi, Inc.; Travelpro Products, Inc. | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2023 Reel 65395, frame 328 | Travelpro Bsi, Inc.; Travelpro Products, Inc. | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 21, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,851,251, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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