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Ambient Cure Water-Based Coatings for Writable-Erasable Surfaces

US 8,686,091 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Apr 1, 2018 on the fee record · Medium confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Oct 4, 2012 as application 13/645,225 · Granted Apr 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 1, 2018
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2007
No longer in force
Apr 1, 2018
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 13, 2027
base term after the term ends 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,309,653, to Jul 13, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.

Its term would have run to Jul 13, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jul 13, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/073524, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 13, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,309,653)resolves to Jul 13, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 1, 2018High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 1, 2018Medium confidence

This family

US 8,309,653In force
no later than Apr 2029
no later than Apr 2029
US 8,686,091this patent
Apr 2018
Apr 2018
2 of 3 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 30, 2012
Reel 29209, frame 850
Goscha, JohnIdeapaint, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2012
Reel 29209, frame 921
Donbrosky, Martin Douglas, JR.Ideapaint, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 22, 2015
Reel 34794, frame 390
Ideapaint, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Sep 12, 2019
Reel 50369, frame 37
Goscha, John; Donbrosky, MartinIdeapaint, Inc.Clarification of the Assignment Record
Sep 13, 2019
Reel 50369, frame 634
Silicon Valley BankIdeapaint, Inc.Security Interest
Sep 13, 2019
Reel 50371, frame 107
Ideapaint, Inc.Icp Construction, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 17, 2019
Reel 50398, frame 598
Icp Construction, Inc.Antares Capital LP, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 19, 2019
Reel 50426, frame 86
Icp Construction, Inc.Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 29, 2020
Reel 54866, frame 395
Antares Capital LP, as AgentIcp Adhesives and Sealants, Inc.; Lenox Acquisition, LLC; Pli-Dek, LLC; Icp Construction, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentIcp Adhesives and Sealants, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentLenox Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentPli-Dek, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Antares Capital LP, as AgentIcp Construction, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 30, 2020
Reel 54871, frame 203
Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.Icp Adhesives and Sealants, Inc.; Lenox Acquisition, LLC; Pli-Dek, LLC; Icp Construction, Inc.Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 044037-0515; 044037-0590; 045792-0510 and 050426-0086
Dec 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.Icp Adhesives and Sealants, Inc.Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 044037-0515; 044037-0590; 045792-0510 and 050426-0086
Dec 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.Lenox Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 044037-0515; 044037-0590; 045792-0510 and 050426-0086
Dec 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.Pli-Dek, LLCRelease of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 044037-0515; 044037-0590; 045792-0510 and 050426-0086
Dec 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.Icp Construction, Inc.Release of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 044037-0515; 044037-0590; 045792-0510 and 050426-0086

Sources

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