Also listed on Ek Success Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 12, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 12, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nicole Tonic Studios
Filed Jul 6, 2016 as application 15/203,291 · Granted Feb 11, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2008
Nov 12, 2008
Term ends
Nov 12, 2028
Nov 12, 2028
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
17
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 12, 2008, when application 12/291,666, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 12, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,571,505 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US D640,005 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US D679,563 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,931,387 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2011/039999 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,549,972 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US D724,662 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US D728,263 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
8 of 17 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2018 Reel 45808, frame 608 | Exley, Ross James | Ek Success Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 28, 2018 Reel 47012, frame 307 | Ek Success Ltd. | American Crafts, L.c. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56380, frame 11 | American Crafts, L.c. | Whitehorse Capital Management LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2021 Reel 56407, frame 489 | American Crafts, L.c. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 20, 2025 Reel 71172, frame 800 | American Crafts L.C. | Nicole Tonic Studios | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 12, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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