Also listed on Bose Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 16, 2024 (FGI Worldwide LLC).
Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
Held by Transom Post Opco, LLC
Filed Jan 18, 2012 as application 29/411,211 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term, 14 years from grant
Today
2012
2026
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
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14 years from grant
Base term
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| Base term, 14 years from grant | Granted Dec 4, 2012 | Dec 4, 2026 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US D654,906 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US D671,912 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US D663,719 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US D671,913 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US D671,910 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US D671,911 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US D684,557 | In force no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
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 18, 2012 Reel 27554, frame 318 | Warden, Robert A; Kulchy, Randy J; Santoro, Peter C; Chung, Willy | Bose Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2023 Reel 63746, frame 569 | Bose Corporation; Bose Products B.V. | Transom Post Opco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2023 Reel 64257, frame 677 | Transom Post Opco, LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2024 Reel 66336, frame 30 | Transom Post Opco, LLC | FGI Worldwide LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2026 Reel 76144, frame 891 | Transom Post Finance Co., LLC; Transom Post Midco, LLC; Transon Post Opco, LLC; Transom Post International Holdco, Inc.; 802 Labs, LLC; Fulcrum Acoustic, LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2026 Reel 76114, frame 692 | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Transom Post Opco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 4, 2026. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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