Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 23, 2021 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).
Term ends Dec 9, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 6, 2039
Held by BMIC LLC
Filed Aug 6, 2019 as application 16/533,032 · Granted Jun 7, 2022
Base term plus 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019
Term ends
Dec 9, 2039
Dec 9, 2039
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Jun 7, 2022
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
125
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
9
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 125 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 6, 2019, when this application, 16/533,032, was filed | Aug 6, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +125 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 9, 2039 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 9, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,352,792 | this patent Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,959,280 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application 18/065,444 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,959,281 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,987,983 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,655,634 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,338,628 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,486,667 | In force no later than Aug 2039 | no later than Aug 2039 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2020 Reel 52110, frame 338 | Boss, Daniel E.; Shiao, Ming-liang; Svec, James; Searcy, Chris; Thurston, Nicholas | Building Materials Investment Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2021 Reel 57292, frame 184 | Building Materials Investment Corporation | BMIC LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 23, 2021 Reel 57572, frame 607 | BMIC LLC; Elkcorp; Elk Composite Building Products, Inc.; Elk Premium Building Products, Inc.; HBP Acquisition LLC; GAF Energy LLC; Siplast, Inc.; Specialty Granules Investments LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2039
Term ends Dec 9, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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