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Sheet Goods Having a Large Repeat Length and Tile with Numerous Patterns

US 8,496,779 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 30, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 16, 2008 as application 12/283,843 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 473 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 30, 2021
2008 2030
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2008
No longer in force
Jul 30, 2021
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Term would have run to
Jan 2, 2030
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
473
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.
42
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jan 2, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 473 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 16, 2008, when this application, 12/283,843, was filedSep 16, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+473 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 2, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 30, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 30, 2021High confidence

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Jan 2024
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Application PCT/US2004/039351PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,858,170In force
Feb 2029
Feb 2029
Application 11/729,518Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,287,971Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
US 8,496,779this patent
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
US 8,460,757Lapsed 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 2, 2008
Reel 21623, frame 567
Fernback, Katharine C.; Anspach, Kean M.; Eshbach, John R., JR.Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 18, 2013
Reel 31436, frame 751
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Awi Licensing CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 6, 2016
Reel 38629, frame 767
Awi Licensing CompanyAfi Licensing LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2016
Reel 40381, frame 180
Afi Licensing LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 31, 2018
Reel 47996, frame 459
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentAfi Licensing LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 2, 2019
Reel 47999, frame 554
Afi Licensing LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 1, 2020
Reel 52804, frame 921
Afi Licensing LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 47999 Frame: 554. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Jun 24, 2020
Reel 53033, frame 726
Armstrong Flooring, Inc.; Afi Licensing, LLCPathlight Capital, LPSecurity Interest
Sep 9, 2020
Reel 53731, frame 16
Afi Licensing LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 26, 2022
Reel 60934, frame 242
Pathlight Capital LPArmstrong Flooring, Inc.; Afi Licensing LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2022
Reel 60934, frame 566
Bank Of America, N.a.Armstrong Flooring, Inc.; Afi Licensing LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital LPArmstrong Flooring, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pathlight Capital LPAfi Licensing LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Armstrong Flooring, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Afi Licensing LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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