Also listed on Ecobee Technologies Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 23, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 23, 2035
Held by 1339416 B.C. Ltd.
Filed Feb 9, 2016 as application 15/018,943 · Granted Oct 18, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015
Term ends
Nov 23, 2035
Nov 23, 2035
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Oct 18, 2016
base term
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.
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.
6
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: 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 23, 2015, when application 14/948,674, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2016) | Nov 23, 2035 | 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 | 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 | Nov 23, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,250,403 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 9,473,321 | this patent Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 9,909,772 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 10,072,866 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 10,855,486 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| Application 17/105,917 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2016 Reel 37691, frame 614 | Bazar, Sandeep; Katruwar, Kaustubh I.; Patil, Sandeep R.; Punadikar, Sachin C. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2019 Reel 48463, frame 985 | International Business Machines Corporation | Ecobee Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2020 Reel 52678, frame 864 | Inc., Ecobee | Structured Alpha LP | Security Interest |
| May 19, 2020 Reel 52704, frame 656 | Ecobee Inc. | Ast Trust Company (Canada) | Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58521, frame 1 | Structured Alpha LP, by Its General Partner Thomvest Asset Management Ltd. | Ecobee, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58568, frame 1 | American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC D/B/A Ast Trust Company (Canada) | Ecobee, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58905, frame 211 | Ecobee Inc. | Ecobee Technologies Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58907, frame 363 | 1339416 B.C. Ltd. | Ecobee Technologies ULC | Change of Name |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58917, frame 69 | Ecobee Technologies ULC | Generac Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58917, frame 161 | Generac Holdings Inc. | Generac Power Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 61001, frame 949 | 1339416 B.C. Ltd.; Ecobee Technologies Inc. | 1339416 B.C. Ltd. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Feb 7, 2022 Reel 59205, frame 822 | Structured Alpha LP, by Its General Partner Thomvest Asset Management Ltd. | Ecobee Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name from Ecobee, Inc. to Ecobee Inc. Previously Recorded at Reel: 058521 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 58965, frame 106 | American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC D/B/A Ast Trust Company (Canada) | Ecobee Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party from Ecobee, Inc. to Ecobee Inc. Previously Recorded at Reel: 058568 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 20, 2022 Reel 59713, frame 780 | Ecobee Technologies ULC | Generac Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2022 Reel 59713, frame 799 | Generac Holdings Inc. | Generac Power Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 26, 2022 Reel 59805, frame 101 | Ecobee Inc. | Ecobee Technologies Inc. | Continued - Change of Jurisdiction |
| Apr 26, 2022 Reel 59825, frame 668 | 1339416 B.C. Ltd. | Ecobee Technologies ULC | Change of Name |
| Apr 26, 2022 Reel 59825, frame 888 | 1339416 B.C. Ltd.; Ecobee Technologies Inc. | 1339416 B.C. Ltd. | Amalgamation |
| Jul 25, 2022 Reel 60907, frame 90 | 1339416 B.C. Ltd.; Ecobee Technologies Inc. | 1339416 B.C. Ltd. | Amalgamation |
| Sep 19, 2022 Reel 61476, frame 745 | Generac Power Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2035
Term ends Nov 23, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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