Lapsed Apr 4, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 14, 2034
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Afi Licensing LLC
Filed Jan 13, 2016 as application 14/994,871 · Granted Apr 4, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 4, 2021
2014
2034
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2014
Nov 14, 2014
No longer in force
Apr 4, 2021
Apr 4, 2021
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017
Term would have run to
Nov 14, 2034
Nov 14, 2034
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,249,582, to Nov 14, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
Its term would have run to Nov 14, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 14, 2014, when application 14/541,992, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 2016) | Nov 14, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,249,582) | resolves to Nov 14, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 4, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 4, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,249,582 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/060793 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,611,655 | this patent Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2016 Reel 37481, frame 151 | Anspach, Kean M.; Eshbach, John R.; Stoll, Brent L.; Ramachandra, Sunil | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2016 Reel 37486, frame 221 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Awi Licensing Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2016 Reel 38629, frame 767 | Awi Licensing Company | Afi Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2016 Reel 40381, frame 180 | Afi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 31, 2018 Reel 47996, frame 459 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Afi Licensing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 2, 2019 Reel 47999, frame 554 | Afi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52804, frame 921 | Afi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Corrective 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, LLC | Pathlight Capital, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 9, 2020 Reel 53731, frame 16 | Afi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 Reel 60934, frame 242 | Pathlight Capital LP | Armstrong Flooring, Inc.; Afi Licensing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 Reel 60934, frame 566 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Armstrong Flooring, Inc.; Afi Licensing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pathlight Capital LP | Armstrong Flooring, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pathlight Capital LP | Afi Licensing LLC | Release 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 LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,249,582, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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