Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 24, 2024 (Oakworth Capital Bank).
Term ends Jul 5, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 17, 2027
Held by Tile Redi, LLC
Filed Mar 17, 2007 as application 11/725,112 · Granted Feb 19, 2013
Base term plus 1571 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2007
Mar 17, 2007
Term ends
Jul 5, 2031
Jul 5, 2031
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Feb 19, 2013
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
1,571
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.
35
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 1571 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Mar 17, 2007, when this application, 11/725,112, was filed | Mar 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1571 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 2031 | 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 | Jul 5, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/724,873 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,141,183 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,209,795 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,141,182 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,181,286 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,375,480 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/003490 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,789,316 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
8 of 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2007 Reel 19115, frame 577 | Cook, Joseph R. | Tile Redi, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 19, 2017 Reel 42885, frame 733 | Tile Redi, LLC | Saratoga Investment Funding LLC, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 1, 2019 Reel 48223, frame 594 | Tile Redi, LLC | Fifth Third Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2019 Reel 48249, frame 539 | Saratoga Investment Funding LLC | Tile Redi, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2024 Reel 67210, frame 95 | Tile Redi, LLC | Oakworth Capital Bank | Security Interest |
| May 10, 2024 Reel 67380, frame 874 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Tile Redi, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 5, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1571 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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