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HVAC Controller with Checkout Utility

US 10,145,578 In force
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Term ends Jun 30, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Mar 17, 2016 as application 15/073,220 · Granted Dec 4, 2018
Base term plus 212 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Term ends
Jun 30, 2027
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
base term patent term adjustment 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
212
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.
15
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 212 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 30, 2006, when application 11/564,879, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 17, 2016)Nov 30, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+212 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 30, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,693,591In force
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
Application 11/733,004Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 7,904,830In force
no later than Nov 2028
no later than Nov 2028
US 7,693,583In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 7,558,648In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 7,913,180In force
no later than Nov 2028
no later than Nov 2028
US 9,310,091In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
US 10,145,578this patent
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
8 of 15 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 26, 2018
Reel 47337, frame 577
Ademco Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 11, 2018
Reel 47785, frame 166
Honeywell International Inc.Ademco Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 12, 2025
Reel 71546, frame 1
Ademco Inc.Resideo LLCChange of Name
Jun 26, 2026
Reel 75831, frame 612
Resideo LLCResideo USA LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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