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US 8,157,111 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2016 (The Bank of Nova Scotia).

Lapsed Apr 17, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Decolin Inc.
Filed Nov 9, 2011 as application 13/292,485 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 17, 2020
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2008
No longer in force
Apr 17, 2020
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Term would have run to
Jan 9, 2028
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
5
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 Jan 9, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 9, 2008, when application 11/971,502, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2011)Jan 9, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 17, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 17, 2020High confidence

This family

US 8,069,999Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
US 7,984,814Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
US 8,573,416In force
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
US 8,157,111this patent
Apr 2020
Apr 2020
US 8,763,822In force
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 27, 2016
Reel 37608, frame 933
Zenith Products CorporationDecolin Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 28, 2016
Reel 37632, frame 903
Decolin Inc.The Bank of Nova ScotiaSecurity Interest
Jan 3, 2018
Reel 44997, frame 703
Decolin Inc.Bnp Paribas, As Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jan 10, 2025
Reel 69871, frame 173
BNP ParibasDecolin Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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