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Window Covering and Sensors to Reduce Convection

US 9,988,841 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 5, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jul 13, 2016 as application 15/208,839 · Granted Jun 5, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 5, 2022
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2016
No longer in force
Jun 5, 2022
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Term would have run to
Jul 13, 2036
base term after the term ends 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.
0 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.
2
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Its term would have run to Jul 13, 2036: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 13, 2016, when this application, 15/208,839, was filedJul 13, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 5, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 5, 2022High confidence

This family

US 10,538,962In force (reinstated)
Feb 2038
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US 9,988,841this patent
Jun 2022
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 19, 2018
Reel 46131, frame 196
Brimhall, EmilyHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 27, 2018
Reel 46221, frame 119
Carlson, AustinHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 12, 2018
Reel 47058, frame 53
Hall, David R.Hall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2018
Reel 47132, frame 22
Hall, David R.Hall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2018
Reel 46989, frame 983
Knight, JedediahHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2018
Reel 47157, frame 172
Miles, JeromeHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2018
Reel 47157, frame 931
Fox, JoeHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2018
Reel 47758, frame 233
Carlson, AustinHall Labs, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2018
Reel 47813, frame 473
Rees, KevinHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2022
Reel 60392, frame 783
Fox, JoeHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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