Term ends Oct 20, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 20, 2028
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jun 14, 2011 as application 13/160,233 · Granted Sep 25, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2008
Oct 20, 2008
Term ends
Oct 20, 2028
Oct 20, 2028
Granted
Sep 25, 2012
Sep 25, 2012
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
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.
3
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 20, 2008, when application 12/254,616, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2011) | Oct 20, 2028 | 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 | 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 | Oct 20, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,359,708 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,272,100 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,683,650 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2016 Reel 39550, frame 346 | Tumi, Inc., | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2018 Reel 46026, frame 887 | Tumi, Inc. | HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 20, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.