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Methods, Systems, and Devices for Humidifying

US 11,639,801 In force
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Term ends Dec 22, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Aug 18, 2020 as application 16/996,747 · Granted May 2, 2023
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2014
Term ends
Dec 22, 2034
Granted
May 2, 2023
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
157
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 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 runs 157 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 18, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 18, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 22, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 22, 2034Medium confidence

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US 11,639,801this patent
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
Aug 18, 2020
Reel 53531, frame 352
Peczalski, Andrzej; Rezachek, Tom; Gu, Alex; Terlson, BradHoneywell International Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 18, 2020
Reel 53534, frame 388
Honeywell International Inc.Ademco Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 16, 2021
Reel 55313, frame 715
Ademco Inc.; Rsi Video Technologies, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity 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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