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Panel Interconnectable With Similar Panels for Forming a Covering

US 12,421,738 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 2, 2025 (BNP Paribas Fortis N.V.).

Term ends Feb 26, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Mar 21, 2025 as application 19/086,399 · Granted Sep 23, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2015
Term ends
Feb 26, 2035
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
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 9,874,028, to Feb 26, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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. 0 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 26, 2015, when application PCT/NL2015/050120, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 21, 2025)Feb 26, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,874,028)resolves to Feb 26, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 26, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,874,028In force
Feb 2035
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US 10,267,046In force
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US D928,988In force
Aug 2036
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US 10,774,540In force
no later than Feb 2035
no later than Feb 2035
US 11,352,800In force
Feb 2035
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US 11,946,261In force
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US 12,680,314In force
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US 12,421,738this patent
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8 of 10 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 21, 2025
Reel 70588, frame 705
Boucké, Eddy Alberic; Rietveldt, Johan ChristiaanI4F Licensing N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2025
Reel 71800, frame 403
I4F Licensing N.V.BNP Paribas Fortis N.V.Security Interest

Sources

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

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