Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 11, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends May 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 17, 2032
Held by Awi Licensing LLC
Filed Jan 13, 2022 as application 17/575,295 · Granted Mar 25, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012
Term ends
May 17, 2032
May 17, 2032
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025
base term
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 10,294,664, US 10,724,239, US 8,695,296, US 9,279,251, US 9,765,519, to May 17, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
7
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 is 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. 0 of 1 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 17, 2012, when application 13/474,077, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 2022) | May 17, 2032 | 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 10,294,664, US 10,724,239, US 8,695,296, US 9,279,251, US 9,765,519) | resolves to May 17, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 17, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,695,296 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,279,251 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,765,519 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,294,664 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 10,724,239 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 11,255,087 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 12,258,757 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
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, 2022 Reel 58650, frame 846 | Bergman, Todd M. | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2022 Reel 62081, frame 523 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 31, 2023 Reel 64655, frame 563 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Corrective Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents to Remove Appl. No. 17894024 Previously Recorded on Reel 062081 Frame 0523. Assignor Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| May 15, 2025 Reel 71131, frame 380 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Awi Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2025 Reel 73939, frame 866 | Awi Licensing LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 17, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,294,664, US 10,724,239, US 8,695,296, US 9,279,251, US 9,765,519, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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