Term ends Sep 1, 2035 · High confidence
Held by Gentex Corporation
Filed Oct 13, 2017 as application 29/622,007 · Granted Sep 1, 2020
Base term, 15 years from grant
Today
2020
2035
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2020
Sep 1, 2020
Term ends
Sep 1, 2035
Sep 1, 2035
base term
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 D895,212, to Sep 1, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
15 years from grant
Base term
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15
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, 15 years from grant, 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. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 15 years from grant | Granted Sep 1, 2020 | Sep 1, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US D895,212) | resolves to Sep 1, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 1, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,908,667 | In force no later than Apr 2028 | no later than Apr 2028 |
| US 8,028,344 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,072,328 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 9,717,294 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US D750,846 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US D750,847 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 11,672,296 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US D895,211 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
8 of 15 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 1, 2035. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US D895,212, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of design patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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