Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2026
Held by Resideo USA LLC
Filed Apr 9, 2007 as application 11/697,973 · Granted Apr 6, 2010
Base term plus 11 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Nov 30, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Apr 6, 2010
Apr 6, 2010
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
11
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
15
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 11 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 30, 2006, when application 11/564,879, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2007) | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +11 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,693,591 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application 11/733,004 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,904,830 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 7,693,583 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,558,648 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,913,180 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 9,310,091 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,145,578 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
8 of 15 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2007 Reel 19136, frame 732 | Wolff, Steven L.; Hoglund, Steven R. | Honeywell International Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2018 Reel 47337, frame 577 | Ademco Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2018 Reel 47785, frame 166 | Honeywell International Inc. | Ademco Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2025 Reel 71546, frame 1 | Ademco Inc. | Resideo LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75831, frame 612 | Resideo LLC | Resideo USA LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 11 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
168
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.