Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 19, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends May 28, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2039
Held by Knoll, Inc.
Filed May 21, 2019 as application 16/417,765 · Granted Apr 19, 2022
Base term plus 373 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019
Term ends
May 28, 2040
May 28, 2040
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
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
373
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.
5
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 373 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 21, 2019, when this application, 16/417,765, was filed | May 21, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +373 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 28, 2040 | 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 | May 28, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US D878,812 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 11,304,526 | this patent May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US D907,406 | In force Jan 2036 | Jan 2036 |
| US D904,078 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US D922,102 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
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 23, 2019 Reel 49262, frame 370 | Udagawa, Masamichi; Moeslinger, Sigrid; McKenzie, James Harrison | Knoll, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2021 Reel 57649, frame 828 | Knoll, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2025 Reel 72342, frame 380 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2040
Term ends May 28, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 373 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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