Term ends Jan 18, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 18, 2027
Held by Nicole Tonic Studios
Filed Jan 18, 2007 as application 11/624,446 · Granted Aug 11, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 18, 2007
Jan 18, 2007
Term ends
Jan 18, 2027
Jan 18, 2027
Granted
Aug 11, 2009
Aug 11, 2009
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.
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.
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jan 18, 2007, when this application, 11/624,446, was filed | Jan 18, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 18, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,571,505 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2007 Reel 18974, frame 287 | Hiller, Andrew J. | We R Inc. Dba We R Memory Keepers | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2009 Reel 22335, frame 937 | We R, LLC | Enterprise Bank & Trust | Security Agreement |
| Feb 25, 2015 Reel 35030, frame 164 | We R, LLC | American Crafts, L.c. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2018 Reel 45444, frame 842 | American Crafts, L.c. | U.S. Bank National Association, a National Banking Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46914, frame 240 | U.S. Bank National Association | American Crafts, L.c. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46928, frame 98 | American Crafts, L.c. | Keybank National Association | Security Interest |
| 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 |
| Jun 8, 2021 Reel 56524, frame 690 | Keybank National Association | American Crafts, Lc | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2025 Reel 71172, frame 800 | American Crafts L.C. | Nicole Tonic Studios | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 18, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.