12 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Oct 2027. from the record

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Oct 2027

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notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Bedding System And The Like Having Orientation Means US 8,438,679

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 39 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data. Protection runs to 2028.

Ends Jul 2028 · High confidence Also notable

Universal Pillow US 10,292,509

Cited by 19 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2033.

Ends Jan 2033 · High confidence Also notable

Pillow US D693,141

Granted 2013. Computed term ends 2027.

Ends Nov 2027 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Mar 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Sleep System (US 11,751,698) comes due Mar 12, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 13, 2027, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

What they patent

The 3 largest of its 9 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Universal Pillow	2 in force	to Jan 2033
Pillow	2 in force	to Apr 2029
Bedding System And The Like Having Orientation Means	2 in force	to Jul 2028

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,562,404	Fitted Covering Having Diagonal Elastic Bands In force Ends no later than Oct 30, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Oct 30, 2027	Medium confidence
US 7,565,707	Fitted Covering Having Diagonal Elastic Bands In force Ends no later than Oct 30, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Oct 30, 2027	Medium confidence
US D693,141	Pillow In force Term ends Nov 12, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 12, 2027	High confidence
US 7,698,758	Fitted Covering Having Diagonal Elastic Bands In force Term ends Nov 26, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 26, 2027	High confidence
US 7,530,124	Fitted Covering Having Diagonal Elastic Bands In force Term ends Dec 3, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 3, 2027	High confidence
US 8,438,679	Bedding System And The Like Having Orientation Means In force Term ends Jul 22, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 22, 2028	High confidence
US 10,856,677	Bedding Systems and The Like Having Orientation Means In force Term ends Jul 22, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 22, 2028	High confidence
US D726,450	Pillow In force Term ends Apr 14, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 14, 2029	High confidence
US 10,292,509	Universal Pillow In force Term ends Jan 31, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 31, 2033	High confidence
US 10,806,282	Universal Pillow In force Term ends Jan 31, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 31, 2033	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 12: 7 patents ended · 4 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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