Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 24, 2024 (Oakworth Capital Bank).
Term ends Mar 19, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2032
Held by Tile Redi, LLC
Filed Dec 12, 2012 as application 13/712,321 · Granted Jun 14, 2016
Base term plus 462 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2012
Dec 12, 2012
Term ends
Mar 19, 2034
Mar 19, 2034
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016
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
462
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.
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 462 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 Dec 12, 2012, when this application, 13/712,321, was filed | Dec 12, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +462 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 19, 2034 | 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 | Mar 19, 2034 | 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 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42793, frame 239 | Cook, Joseph | Tile Redi, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 19, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 462 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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