Lapsed Nov 23, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 31, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Georgia-Pacific Nonwovens LLC
Filed Sep 29, 2006 as application 11/541,320 · Granted Nov 23, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 552 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 23, 2018
2006
2027
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2006
Mar 31, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 23, 2018
Nov 23, 2018
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Nov 23, 2010
Term would have run to
Oct 4, 2027
Oct 4, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
552
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.
Its term would have run to Oct 4, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 552 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 31, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/012256, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2006) | Mar 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +552 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 4, 2027 | 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 | lapsed Nov 23, 2018 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 23, 2018 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,918,313 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 7,837,009 | this patent Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| US 7,727,915 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,878,301 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| Application 11/779,751 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/174,424 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/643,717 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/145,680 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2007 Reel 19550, frame 501 | Bki Holding Corporation | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 3, 2007 Reel 19640, frame 834 | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2010 Reel 25170, frame 113 | Moose, Ronald Timothy; Gross, James R; Hurley, Jeffrey S.; Boehmer, Brian E. | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2010 Reel 25171, frame 587 | Moose, Ronald Timothy | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2010 Reel 25171, frame 595 | Gross, James R.; Hurley, Jeffrey S.; Boehmer, Brian E. | Bki Holding Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2010 Reel 25171, frame 665 | Bki Holding Corporation | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 41855, frame 358 | Buckeye Technolgies, LLC | Georgia-Pacific Nonwovens LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 12, 2017 Reel 41976, frame 46 | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Georgia-Pacific Nonwovens LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2023 Reel 64321, frame 358 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Buckeye Technologies Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 552 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
163
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.