Term ends May 15, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 15, 2032
Held by Houzz Inc.
Filed Nov 30, 2015 as application 14/954,956 · Granted May 26, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
Term ends
May 15, 2032
May 15, 2032
Granted
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,230,223, to May 15, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 May 15, 2012, when application 13/472,409, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2015) | May 15, 2032 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,230,223) | resolves to May 15, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 15, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,230,223 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2012/067986 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,657,573 | In force no later than May 2032 | no later than May 2032 |
| Application 14/954,945 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,664,892 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2016 Reel 38949, frame 132 | Cohen, Alon; Shaviv, Guy | Houzz Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2019 Reel 50928, frame 333 | Houzz Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Collateral and Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 18, 2022 Reel 59191, frame 501 | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Collateral and Administrative Agent | Houzz Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 15, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,230,223, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.