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Tattoo Chair

US 8,864,233 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 5, 2021 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).

Term ends Jan 15, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 25, 2011 as application 12/739,882 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term plus 1210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2032
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2008
Term ends
Jan 15, 2032
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
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
1,210
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.
3
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 1210 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 22, 2008, when application PCT/CN2008/001636, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 25, 2011)Sep 22, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1210 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 15, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 15, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,864,233this patent
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 9,398,993In force
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
2 of 3 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
Nov 5, 2015
Reel 36972, frame 473
Importla, LLCEast West BankSecurity Interest
Jan 18, 2016
Reel 37511, frame 286
Chen, William; Chen, Michael; Wei, WenImportla, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 5, 2016
Reel 37675, frame 779
Importla, Inc.Importla, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2017
Reel 44268, frame 596
East West BankImportla, LLC; Importla, Inc. (N/K/A Nexus Brands Group, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Nov 30, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
East West BankImportla, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 30, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
East West BankImportla, Inc. (N/K/A Nexus Brands Group, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44368, frame 525
Importla, LLCGolub Capital LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2021
Reel 58037, frame 749
Importla, LLC; Critical Tattoo Supply, LLC; G & G Distribution, Inc.; Kingpin Tattoo Supply, LLC; Eternal Ink, LLC; Bishop Tattoo Supply, Inc.; Chris Christensen, LLC; Christies Direct Ltd.Golub Capital Markets LLCSecurity Interest
Nov 11, 2021
Reel 58457, frame 164
Golub Capital LLCImportla, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 44368/0525)
Oct 8, 2026
Reel 76672, frame 596
Importla, LLCEast West BankCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Assignment Cover Sheet and Intellectual Property Security Agreement to Delete Patent Number: 8800629 Previously Recorded on Reel 36972 Frame 473. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Security Agreement.

Sources

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