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Devices and Methods for Interacting with an HVAC Controller

US 10,837,667 In force
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Term ends Sep 2, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jul 27, 2018 as application 16/048,008 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2014
Term ends
Sep 2, 2034
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
base term 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
13
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.
9
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 13 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 Aug 20, 2014, when application 14/463,714, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2018)Aug 20, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 2, 2034High 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 orderSep 2, 2034High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2014/051874PCT application
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Application 14/463,708Abandoned
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US 10,047,970In force
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US 10,054,327In force
Apr 2037
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US 10,030,878In force
Jul 2035
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US 10,782,043In force
Aug 2034
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US 10,670,289In force
Aug 2034
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US 10,837,667this patent
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
8 of 9 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
May 20, 2019
Reel 49232, frame 691
Nelson, Jay; Bures, David; Kasparik, Petr; Kolavennu, Soumitri; Konecny, Roman; Kulkarni, Amit; Becvar, Daniel; Adamek, Martin; Buno, Juraj; Hoglund, Steven; Horky, Libor; Malek, Jan; Nemcek, Adam; Skala, Martin; Losak, Tomas; Novotny, Josef; Gessner, Thomas; Gilmer, Preston; (This Is His Complete Legal Name), IX; Thiruvengada, Hari; Goh, Christopher; Juntunen, Robert D.; Mulhouse, David; Leen, Cary; Finch, HeidiHoneywell International Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2019
Reel 50437, frame 506
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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