Term ends Apr 30, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Resideo USA LLC
Filed Mar 27, 2015 as application 14/671,720 · Granted Sep 29, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014
Term ends
Apr 30, 2034
Apr 30, 2034
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Sep 29, 2015
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
10
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Apr 30, 2014, when application 14/266,552, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 27, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 30, 2034 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 30, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,528,720 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,253,999 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| Application 14/267,619 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,951,968 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 9,696,058 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 9,752,793 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 9,784,468 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,146,041 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2015 Reel 36141, frame 943 | Novotny, Josef; Losak, Tomas; Takach, Eugene J. | 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 |
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 30, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
40
later US patents cite this one
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