Collateral for a security interest recorded May 22, 2024 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Lapsed Sep 11, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2033
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by U.S. Farathane, LLC
Filed Jan 14, 2015 as application 14/596,828 · Granted Sep 11, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 11, 2026
2013
2035
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2013
Mar 11, 2013
No longer in force
Sep 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018
Term would have run to
Jan 29, 2035
Jan 29, 2035
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
689
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,179,435, to Jan 29, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 29, 2035: its 20-year base term plus 689 days of term 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. 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 Mar 11, 2013, when application 13/794,073, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 14, 2015) | Mar 11, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +689 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 29, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,179,435) | resolves to Jan 29, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,783,751 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,955,896 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,071,522 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 10,179,435 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2015 Reel 34712, frame 496 | Porter, Steve, MR. | U.S. Farathane Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2018 Reel 44710, frame 897 | Strich, Gerald N. | U.S. Farathane Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2021 Reel 55767, frame 519 | U.S. Farathane Corporation | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2021 Reel 55845, frame 928 | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Security Agreement |
| Apr 6, 2021 Reel 55846, frame 28 | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Term Loan Security Agreement |
| Apr 7, 2021 Reel 55857, frame 173 | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Tmi Trust Company, As Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 13, 2023 Reel 63984, frame 504 | Tmi Trust Company, As Agent | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 13, 2023 Reel 63985, frame 64 | Bank Of America, N.a. | U.S. Farathane, LLC; Chemcast, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 13, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 13, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Chemcast, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67490, frame 72 | Bank Of America, N.a. | U.S. Farathane, LLC; Chemcast, LLC | Release of Patent Security Interests (ABL) |
| May 22, 2024 Reel 67501, frame 539 | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 22, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | U.S. Farathane, LLC | Release of Patent Security Interests (ABL) |
| May 22, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Chemcast, LLC | Release of Patent Security Interests (ABL) |
Sources
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Note
The 689 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,179,435, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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