Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 19, 2010 (Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (New England)).
Term ends Mar 1, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 3, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Dreamwell, Ltd.
Filed Jun 1, 2009 as application 11/922,739 · Granted Nov 13, 2012
Base term plus 332 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2006
Apr 3, 2006
Term ends
Mar 1, 2027
Mar 1, 2027
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 2012
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
332
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.
4
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 332 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 3, 2006, when application 11/397,206, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 1, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 3, 2026 | 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 | +332 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 1, 2027 | 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 | Mar 1, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/397,206 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2007/008419 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,307,482 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 11,583,101 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
The 40 most recent of 55 recorded documents are shown; the 15 earliest are not. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Simmons Contract Sales, LLC | Release of Patents |
| Oct 11, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Simmons Capital Management, LLC | Release of Patents |
| Oct 11, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Simmons Export Co. | Release of Patents |
| Oct 11, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Release of Patents |
| Oct 15, 2012 Reel 29128, frame 126 | Simmons Bedding Company; Dreamwell, Ltd.; National Bedding Company L.L.C. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 1, 2014 Reel 32810, frame 697 | Simmons Bedding Company; Dreamwell, Ltd.; National Bedding Company L.L.C. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Information from Ubs Ag, Stamford Branch, as Agent to Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 029128 Frame 0126. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Receiving Party Data Information. |
| Nov 18, 2016 Reel 40647, frame 639 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd.; Simmons Bedding Company; National Bedding Company L.L.C. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | Simmons Bedding Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | National Bedding Company L.L.C. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2016 Reel 40813, frame 136 | Dreamwell, Ltd. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | First Lien Term Loan Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2016 Reel 40813, frame 175 | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Second Lien Term Loan Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2016 Reel 40813, frame 213 | Dreamwell, Ltd. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | Abl Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 24, 2020 Reel 53022, frame 29 | Dreamwell, Ltd. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | Super-Priority Term Loan Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 10, 2022 Reel 59925, frame 322 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at R/F 040813/1075 |
| Jan 27, 2023 Reel 62525, frame 458 | Dreamwell, Ltd.; SSB Manufacturing; National Bedding; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Eclipse Business Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2023 Reel 62571, frame 391 | Dreamwell, Ltd.; SSB Manufacturing; National Bedding; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Eclipse Business Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2023 Reel 63272, frame 391 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as the Resigning Administrative Agent | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Successor Administrative Agent | Notice of Agency Resignation and Assignment of Super-Priority Term Loan Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64185, frame 583 | Dreamwell, Ltd.; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; National Bedding Company, L.l.c.; Tomorrow Sleep LLC; SSB Manufacturing Company | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | Term Loan Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64185, frame 236 | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd.; SSB Manufacturing Company; National Bedding Company L.L.C.; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64185, frame 293 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd.; SSB Manufacturing Company; National Bedding Company, L.l.c. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64185, frame 479 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd.; SSB Manufacturing Company; National Bedding Company, L.l.c.; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | SSB Manufacturing Company | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | National Bedding Company L.L.C. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | Tuft & Needle, LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | SSB Manufacturing Company | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Administrative Agent | National Bedding Company, L.l.c. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | Dreamwell, Ltd. | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | SSB Manufacturing Company | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | National Bedding Company, L.l.c. | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | Tuft & Needle, LLC | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jun 30, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Administrative Agent | Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Release of Super-Priority Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jul 3, 2023 Reel 64193, frame 668 | Dreamwell, Ltd.; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; National Bedding Company, L.l.c.; Tomorrow Sleep LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| May 10, 2024 Reel 67379, frame 782 | Dreamwell, Ltd.; National Bedding Company, L.l.c.; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; SSB Manufacturing Company; Tomorrow Sleep LLC; Tuft & Needle, LLC | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Term Loan Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 2, 2024 Reel 68325, frame 886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association; National Bedding Company, L.l.c.; Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC; SSB Manufacturing Company; Tomorrow Sleep LLC; Tuft & Needle, LLC; Dreamwell, Ltd. | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 332 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
77
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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