Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 9, 2022 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ended Jan 26, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 4, 2023
Held by Ahf, LLC D/B/A Ahf Products
Filed Dec 4, 2003 as application 10/727,749 · Granted Aug 28, 2007
Base term plus 53 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jan 26, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2003
Dec 4, 2003
Term ended
Jan 26, 2024
Jan 26, 2024
Granted
Aug 28, 2007
Aug 28, 2007
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
53
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
42
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 53 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Dec 4, 2003, when this application, 10/727,749, was filed | Dec 4, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +53 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 26, 2024 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 26, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,381,474 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 7,261,947 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2004/039351 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,858,170 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 11/729,518 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,287,971 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| US 8,496,779 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 8,460,757 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2021 | Jun 2021 |
8 of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2004 Reel 15477, frame 557 | Reichwein, David P.; Kim, Moon G.; Qiao, Fang | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2006 Reel 18484, frame 947 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest |
| Mar 19, 2007 Reel 19030, frame 82 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Awi Licensing Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2016 Reel 38629, frame 767 | Awi Licensing Company | Afi Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 Reel 40381, frame 180 | Afi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 31, 2018 Reel 47876, frame 746 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 31, 2018 Reel 47996, frame 459 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Afi Licensing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2019 Reel 48171, frame 134 | Armstrong Flooring, Inc. | Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 8, 2019 Reel 48544, frame 630 | Homerwood Hardwood Flooring Company, LLC; Ahf, LLC | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2021 Reel 55421, frame 470 | Afi Licensing LLC | Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2021 Reel 55663, frame 550 | Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company | Ahf, LLC D/B/A Ahf Products | Change of Name |
| Feb 1, 2022 Reel 58850, frame 408 | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Homerwood Hardwood Flooring Company, LLC; Ahf, LLC (F/K/A Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 1, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Homerwood Hardwood Flooring Company, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 1, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Ahf, LLC (F/K/A Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 9, 2022 Reel 58979, frame 256 | Ahf. Products, LLC; Ahf, LLC; Starboard Intermediate Holding Company, LLC; Starboard Merger Company, LLC; J. Michael & Co. LLC; Homerwood Hardwood Flooring Company, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 9, 2024 Reel 68239, frame 626 | Starboard Intermediate Holding Company, LLC; Starboard Merger Company, LLC; Ahf Parent Holding, Inc.; Ahf Products, LLC; J. Michael & Co. LLC; Ahf, LLC; Homerwood Hardwood Flooring Company, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Senior Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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Citations
80
later US patents cite this one
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