Term ends Jun 9, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2034
Held by Hunter Douglas Inc.
Filed Apr 3, 2023 as application 18/129,953 · Granted Sep 1, 2026
Base term plus 489 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Term ends
Jun 9, 2034
Jun 9, 2034
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Sep 1, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
489
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,643,870, US 9,567,802.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 489 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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 Mar 14, 2014, when application 14/212,387, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 3, 2023) | Mar 14, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +489 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,643,870, US 9,567,802) | capped to Jun 9, 2034 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 9, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,567,802 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 9,945,177 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/042131 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D764,835 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,909,361 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,781,630 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,643,870 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 12,723,464 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2025 Reel 70742, frame 787 | Buccola, Nickolas C., JR.; Drew, Terrence M.; Faller, Kenneth M.; Smith, Kent A. | Hunter Douglas Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 9, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 489 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,643,870, US 9,567,802.
Citations
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