Lapsed Apr 16, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 9, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by 3FORM, LLC
Filed Oct 11, 2011 as application 13/262,206 · Granted Apr 16, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 16, 2021
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010
No longer in force
Apr 16, 2021
Apr 16, 2021
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 9, 2030
Feb 9, 2030
base term
after the term ends
fee events
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.
1 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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Feb 9, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 9, 2010, when applications 29/355,522, 29/355,551 and 29/355,552, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 11, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 9, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 16, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 16, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D666,757 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US D676,587 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2010/029086 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D648,059 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 8,419,236 | this patent Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26994, frame 41 | Fisher, Kevin L.; Canales, Jill A. | 3FORM, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26994, frame 21 | Raissen, Mark Howard; Martin, Guillaume; Damen, Michael; Hillstrom, Brian J. | 3FORM, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26994, frame 31 | Hernandez, Esteban Diego; Fisher, Kevin Lee; Raissen, Mark Howard | 3FORM, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2014 Reel 32845, frame 402 | 3FORM, Inc. | Form, LLC | Merger |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33705, frame 343 | 3FORM, Inc. | 3FORM, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 032845 Frame 0402. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Name of the Assignee Is 3FORM, LLC. |
| May 1, 2024 Reel 67283, frame 847 | Hunter Douglas Industries Switzerland GmbH | 3FORM, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
56
later US patents cite this one
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