Also listed on Ek Success Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 20, 2031
Held by Nicole Tonic Studios
Filed May 20, 2011 as application 13/112,704 · Granted Jan 13, 2015
Base term plus 607 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
May 20, 2011
May 20, 2011
Term ends
Jan 16, 2033
Jan 16, 2033
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
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
607
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
17
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 607 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 May 20, 2011, when this application, 13/112,704, was filed | May 20, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +607 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 16, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,571,505 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US D640,005 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US D679,563 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,931,387 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2011/039999 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,549,972 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US D724,662 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US D728,263 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2011 Reel 26758, frame 437 | Exley, Ross; Shainwald, Mark | Ek Success Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2012 Reel 29036, frame 310 | Ek Success Ltd. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Term Loan Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 25, 2012 Reel 29036, frame 587 | Ek Success Ltd. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Abl Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2016 Reel 41183, frame 19 | E K Success Ltd. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40797, frame 388 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | E K Success Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 15, 2017 Reel 42383, frame 487 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | E K Success Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 16, 2017 Reel 42397, frame 112 | E K Success Ltd. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2017 Reel 42565, frame 737 | E K Success Ltd. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 5, 2018 Reel 46794, frame 361 | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Ek Success Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 6, 2018 Reel 46800, frame 406 | U.S. Bank National Association | Ek Success Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2018 Reel 46862, frame 822 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Ek Success Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2022 Reel 60500, frame 612 | Ek Success Ltd. | American Crafts L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2024 Reel 66368, frame 1 | Ek Success Ltd.; K & Company LLC | American Crafts L.C. | Patent Assignment |
| May 20, 2025 Reel 71172, frame 800 | American Crafts L.C. | Nicole Tonic Studios | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 16, 2033.
Note
The 607 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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