Also listed on Valinge Innovation AB, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 11, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2031
Held by Valinge Innovation AB
Filed Jan 10, 2011 as application 12/987,573 · Granted Sep 16, 2014
Base term plus 548 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2011
Jan 10, 2011
Term ends
Jul 11, 2032
Jul 11, 2032
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Sep 16, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
548
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.
14
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 548 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 Jan 10, 2011, when this application, 12/987,573, was filed | Jan 10, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +548 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 11, 2032 | 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 11, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,833,028 | this patent Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,695,601 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 10,704,269 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 11,359,387 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 11,795,701 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 12,281,482 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| Application 19/076,451 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,467,267 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
8 of 14 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 18, 2011 Reel 25985, frame 932 | Whispell, John M.; Chen, Hao A. | Mannington Mills, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2012 Reel 27830, frame 936 | Mannington Mills, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Third Amendment to Mannington Mills, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 9, 2012 Reel 27830, frame 108 | Mannington Mills, Inc. | TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 31, 2014 Reel 33434, frame 797 | Mannington Mills, Inc. | Valinge Innovation AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2014 Reel 33903, frame 855 | TPG Speciality Lending, Inc. | Mannington Mills, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 11, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 548 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
348
later US patents cite this one
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