Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 11, 2019 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 25, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 17, 2032
Held by Awi Licensing LLC
Filed Sep 18, 2017 as application 15/707,040 · Granted May 21, 2019
Base term plus 39 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012
Term ends
Jun 25, 2032
Jun 25, 2032
Granted
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019
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
39
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
7
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 39 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 May 17, 2012, when application 13/474,077, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 18, 2017) | May 17, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +39 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 25, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 25, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,695,296 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,279,251 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,765,519 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,294,664 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 10,724,239 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 11,255,087 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 12,258,757 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
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 18, 2017 Reel 43612, frame 946 | Bergman, Todd M. | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2019 Reel 48800, frame 482 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Awi Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2019 Reel 50710, frame 101 | Awi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 25, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 39 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.