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Curtain wall system and method

US 8,051,623 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 14, 2026 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Stephen N. Loyd Irrevocable Family Trust · find this owner
Filed May 21, 2008 as application 12/124,647 · Granted Nov 8, 2011
Base term plus 525 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 14, 2026
2005 2026
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2005
Term ended
Aug 14, 2026
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
525
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.

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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 filingClock starts Mar 7, 2005, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 21, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Mar 7, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+525 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 14, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 14, 2026From the USPTO record

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