Collateral for a security interest recorded May 22, 2024 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Term ends Jan 19, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 19, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by U.S. Farathane, LLC
Filed Apr 25, 2019 as application 16/394,165 · Granted Oct 20, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2017
Jan 19, 2017
Term ends
Jan 19, 2037
Jan 19, 2037
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 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 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.
3
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 3 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 Jan 19, 2017, when application 15/409,839, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 25, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 19, 2037 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 19, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,808,744 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 11,293,471 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2019 Reel 48993, frame 715 | Porter, Steve | 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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Jan 2037
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Citations
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later US patent cites this one
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