Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 28, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 14, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2034
Held by Hunter Douglas Inc.
Filed Mar 14, 2014 as application 14/213,449 · Granted Apr 17, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Term ends
Mar 14, 2034
Mar 14, 2034
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,567,802, to Mar 14, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 14, 2014, when this application, 14/213,449, was filed | Mar 14, 2034 | 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 9,567,802) | resolves to Mar 14, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 14, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,567,802 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 9,945,177 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/042131 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D764,835 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 9,909,361 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,781,630 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 11,643,870 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 12,723,464 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
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 5, 2014 Reel 32824, frame 329 | Drew, Terrence M.; Faller, Kenneth M.; Smith, Kent A. | Hunter Douglas Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2022 Reel 59262, frame 937 | Hunter Douglas Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 14, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,567,802, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.