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US 8,322,787 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 14, 2022 (Eclipse Business Capital LLC).

Lapsed Dec 4, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Nov 4, 2009 as application 12/612,257 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 388 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 4, 2024
2009 2030
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2009
No longer in force
Dec 4, 2024
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Term would have run to
May 6, 2030
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
388
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.

Its term would have run to May 6, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 388 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 13, 2009, when applications 12/422,792, 12/422,801, 12/422,811 and 12/422,821, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Nov 4, 2009)Apr 13, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+388 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 6, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 4, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 4, 2024High confidence

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US 8,033,598In force
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US 8,029,059In force
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US 8,038,221In force
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US 8,317,269Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,322,787this patent
Dec 2024
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US 8,454,093Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,492,014In force
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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
Dec 22, 2009
Reel 23687, frame 234
Smith, Richard D.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 AgentSecurity Agreement Patents
Feb 6, 2012
Reel 27659, frame 247
Cit Lending Services CorporationMity-Lite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 8, 2012
Reel 27675, frame 371
Mity-Lite, Inc.Fifth Third BankSecurity Agreement
Dec 18, 2014
Reel 34549, frame 968
Fifth Third BankMity-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 LenderSecurity Interest
Dec 29, 2016
Reel 40804, frame 22
Mity-Lite, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Dec 29, 2016
Reel 40805, frame 20
Mity, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity 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 ULCEclipse Business Capital LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 30, 2022
Reel 59448, frame 258
Pnc Bank, National AssociationMity-Lite, Inc.; Broda USA, Inc.; Mity, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 30, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationMity-Lite, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 30, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationBroda USA, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 30, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationMity, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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