Term ends no later than Mar 4, 2028 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by New Flyer of America Inc.

Filed Jun 1, 2011 as application 29/393,285 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Base term, 14 years from grant

Today

14 years from grant

Ends no later than Mar 4, 2028

2014 2028

Clock starts
Mar 4, 2014

Ends no later than
Mar 4, 2028

base term 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.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

14 years from grant

Base term

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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 base term, 14 years from grant, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. 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, 14 years from grant	Granted Mar 4, 2014	Mar 4, 2028	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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	no later than Mar 4, 2028	Medium confidence

This family

US D700,542	this patent no later than Mar 2028	no later than Mar 2028
US D664,912	Term ended Aug 2026	Aug 2026
US D670,215	Term ended Nov 2026	Nov 2026
US D731,397	In force Dec 2028	Dec 2028
US 8,833,831	In force Jan 2033	Jan 2033

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
Sep 12, 2013 Reel 31207, frame 378	Nabi Bus, LLC	The Bank of Nova Scotia	Security Agreement
Oct 30, 2013 Reel 31533, frame 851	Nabi Bus, LLC	The Bank of Nova Scotia	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Numbers 29/411,793 and 29/411,797 Previously Recorded on Reel 031207 Frame 0378. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
May 28, 2014 Reel 32978, frame 658	Warren, David C.; Allen, David; Coryell, Bill; Juhasz, Laszlo; Habuda, Pal; Balogh, Gabor; Miernik, Mike; Toth, Janos; Recski, Janos; Gasztonyi, Laszlo	Nabi Bus, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 8, 2015 Reel 34665, frame 82	Nabi Bus, LLC	New Flyer of America Inc.	Merger

Sources

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What's changing

Mar 2028

Term ends no later than Mar 4, 2028. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent

Note

A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed

Open question

A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 4, 2028. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is below the median of design patents granted in 2014 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

This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

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