Term ended Jan 20, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2027
Held by Rectorseal, LLC
Filed May 26, 2011 as application 13/116,461 · Granted Sep 17, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Jan 20, 2026
2007
2027
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2007
Dec 28, 2007
Term ended
Jan 20, 2026
Jan 20, 2026
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,911,762.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Dec 28, 2007, when application 11/966,358, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2011) | Dec 28, 2027 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,911,762) | capped to Jan 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,952,854 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,537,522 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,424,995 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 10,056,195 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 11,631,550 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,183,341 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 12,293,879 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application 19/031,081 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2011 Reel 26366, frame 304 | Stockman, Robert | American Radionic Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2020 Reel 53488, frame 675 | American Radionic Company, Inc. | Amrad Manufacturing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2020 Reel 53599, frame 324 | Amrad Manufacturing, LLC | Frost Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2024 Reel 69475, frame 217 | Frost Bank | Vladmir, Ltd.; Amrad Manufacturing, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Frost Bank | Vladmir, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Frost Bank | Amrad Manufacturing, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2025 Reel 71738, frame 759 | Amrad Manufacturing, LLC | Hvac South, LLC | Confirmatory Assignment |
| Oct 2, 2025 Reel 73080, frame 923 | Amrad Manufacturing, LLC | Hvac South, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Numbers 15969608 to 15989608 and 16161205 to 16171205 Previously Recorded on Reel 71738 Frame 759. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Confirmatory Assignment. |
| Nov 6, 2025 Reel 73482, frame 908 | Hvac South, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2026 Reel 75132, frame 483 | Hvac South, LLC | Rectorseal, LLC | Merger |
Sources
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Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,911,762.
Citations
160
later US patents cite this one
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