Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 7, 2022 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends Jun 9, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 9, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Awi Licensing LLC
Filed Jul 28, 2020 as application 16/940,903 · Granted Aug 24, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jun 9, 2008
Jun 9, 2008
Term ends
Jun 9, 2028
Jun 9, 2028
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 1 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 Jun 9, 2008, when application 12/157,248, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 28, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 9, 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 9, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,596,008 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,950,146 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,279,252 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application 15/064,281 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,724,237 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 11,098,481 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2020 Reel 53330, frame 253 | Waters, James R; Rineer, James P; Springer, Brian L; Frantz, William H | Armstrong World Industries Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2021 Reel 56931, frame 696 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Awi Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2022 Reel 62081, frame 516 | Awi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
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What's changing
Jun 2028
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