Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 13, 2024 (Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent).
Term ends Feb 22, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 22, 2038
Held by 3FORM, LLC
Filed Feb 22, 2018 as application 15/902,731 · Granted Jan 12, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018
Term ends
Feb 22, 2038
Feb 22, 2038
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Jan 12, 2021
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.
1 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.
21
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 22, 2018, when this application, 15/902,731, was filed | Feb 22, 2038 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 22, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2013/070236 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D761,991 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2014/065816 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,644,820 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2015/033014 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D814,691 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| Application 14/767,890 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D764,095 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
8 of 21 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 22, 2018 Reel 45009, frame 633 | Patterson, Caleb Lawrence | 3FORM LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 9, 2020 Reel 54363, frame 270 | Patterson, Caleb Lawrence | 3FORM, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name as Listed on the Original Assignment (3FORM LLC) Previously Recorded on Reel 045009 Frame 0633. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Corrective Assignment Has Updated the Assignee Name to 3FORM, LLC. |
| Nov 17, 2022 Reel 61958, frame 711 | 3FORM, LLC; 3 Day Blinds LLC; Comfortex Corporation; Defender Screens International LLC; Hunter Douglas Window Designs, LLC; Levolor, Inc.; Vista Products, Inc.; Hunter Douglas Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2024 Reel 67375, frame 581 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | 3FORM, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 13, 2024 Reel 67725, frame 153 | 3FORM, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2038
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Citations
42
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