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Methods, Systems, and Devices for Humidifying

US 10,808,957 In force
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Term ends May 2, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Ademco Inc.
Filed Nov 8, 2017 as application 15/807,210 · Granted Oct 20, 2020
Base term plus 288 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2014
Term ends
May 2, 2035
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
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
288
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
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 runs 288 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 18, 2014, when application 14/334,865, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 8, 2017)Jul 18, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+288 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 2, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 2, 2035High confidence

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US 10,808,957this patent
May 2035
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US 11,639,801In force
Dec 2034
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Application 17/146,710Abandoned
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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
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
Aug 13, 2020
Reel 53488, frame 88
Peczalski, Andrzej; Rezachek, Tom; Gu, Alex; Terlson, BradHoneywell International Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2021
Reel 56522, frame 420
Honeywell International Inc.Ademco Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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