Term ends Mar 28, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 28, 2039
Held by CertainTeed LLC
Filed Dec 19, 2022 as application 18/083,874 · Granted Jan 21, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019
Term ends
Mar 28, 2039
Mar 28, 2039
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 28, 2019, when application 16/368,161, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2022) | Mar 28, 2039 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 28, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/650,383 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,895,077 | In force Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
| US 11,530,538 | In force Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
| US D1,044,039 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 12,203,273 | this patent Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2023 Reel 65723, frame 108 | CertainTeed Corporation | CertainTeed LLC | Conversion |
| Nov 30, 2023 Reel 65723, frame 122 | CertainTeed LLC | CertainTeed LLC | Conversion, Reverse Merger, Conversion |
| Nov 30, 2023 Reel 65709, frame 324 | Smith, James M.; Colyn, Christopher Michael; Stucky, David J. | CertainTeed Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2039
Term ends Mar 28, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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