Term ends Feb 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 16, 2025
Held by Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Filed Sep 20, 2013 as application 14/032,946 · Granted Jan 3, 2017
Base term plus 552 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2005
Aug 16, 2005
Term ends
Feb 19, 2027
Feb 19, 2027
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Jan 3, 2017
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
552
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 552 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Aug 16, 2005, when application 11/204,421, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 20, 2013) | Aug 16, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +552 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 19, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,751,950 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,762,877 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 9,536,340 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
3 of 4 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2013 Reel 31688, frame 926 | Loberg, Barrie A. | Dirtt Environmental Solutions, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2013 Reel 31743, frame 563 | Dirtt Environmental Solutions, Ltd. | Ice Edge Business Solutions, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2019 Reel 49095, frame 64 | Ice Edge Business Solutions, Ltd. | Dirtt Environmental Solutions, Ltd. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jul 24, 2019 Reel 49855, frame 258 | Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | Royal Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2023 Reel 64040, frame 503 | Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Partial Assignment |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64065, frame 257 | Firtst American Commercial Bancorp, Inc. | Armstrong Word Industries, Inc.; Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | Disclaimer of Interest |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64065, frame 271 | Upper Canada Forest Products Ltd. | Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | No Interest Letter |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64065, frame 386 | Royal Bank of Canada | Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | Letter of Consent to Assignment |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Firtst American Commercial Bancorp, Inc. | Armstrong Word Industries, Inc. | Disclaimer of Interest |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Firtst American Commercial Bancorp, Inc. | Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | Disclaimer of Interest |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Upper Canada Forest Products Ltd. | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | No Interest Letter |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Upper Canada Forest Products Ltd. | Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | No Interest Letter |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Letter of Consent to Assignment |
| Jun 22, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Dirtt Environmental Solutions Ltd. | Letter of Consent to Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 552 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 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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