Also listed on Mity, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 14, 2022 (Eclipse Business Capital LLC).
Term ends Sep 23, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 13, 2029
Held by Mity-Lite, Inc.
Filed Apr 13, 2009 as application 12/422,792 · Granted Oct 11, 2011
Base term plus 163 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2009
Apr 13, 2009
Term ends
Sep 23, 2029
Sep 23, 2029
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Oct 11, 2011
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
163
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
8
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 163 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 13, 2009, when this application, 12/422,792, was filed | Apr 13, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +163 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 23, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 23, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,033,598 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,033,612 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,029,059 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,038,221 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,317,269 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,322,787 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 8,454,093 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 9,492,014 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2009 Reel 22701, frame 94 | Smith, Richard D.; Farnsworth, Orrin C. | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2011 Reel 27380, frame 83 | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Cit Lending Services Corporation, as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Security Agreement Patents |
| Feb 6, 2012 Reel 27659, frame 247 | Cit Lending Services Corporation | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2012 Reel 27675, frame 371 | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 18, 2014 Reel 34549, frame 968 | Fifth Third Bank | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34862, frame 104 | Mity-Lite, Inc.; Mity, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Lender | Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40804, frame 22 | Mity-Lite, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40805, frame 20 | Mity, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40805, frame 896 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mity-Lite, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc.; Mity, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Broda USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mity, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 19, 2017 Reel 43626, frame 847 | Mity-Lite, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc.; Mity, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2022 Reel 59258, frame 559 | Mity-Lite Inc.; Broda USA Inc.; Holsag Canada; Broda Limited Partnership; Mity Holdings of Delaware Inc.; Mity, Inc.; Broad Enterpises ULC; Broda GP ULC | Eclipse Business Capital LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 30, 2022 Reel 59448, frame 258 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Mity-Lite, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc.; Mity, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Mity-Lite, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Broda USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Mity, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 23, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 163 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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