Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2018 (Pacific Western Bank).
Lapsed Oct 16, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2034
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Nlight, Inc.
Filed Aug 18, 2015 as application 14/768,613 · Granted Oct 16, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 488 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Oct 16, 2022
2014
2035
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
Feb 21, 2014
No longer in force
Oct 16, 2022
Oct 16, 2022
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
Term would have run to
Mar 1, 2035
Mar 1, 2035
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
488
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,537,042.
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.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 1, 2035: its 20-year base term plus 488 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 21, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/017841, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 18, 2015) | Feb 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +488 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 24, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,537,042) | capped to Mar 1, 2035 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 16, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/875,679 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,537,042 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 9,842,665 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,100,393 | this patent Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 10,464,172 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,692,620 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,008,644 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 11,411,132 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
8 of 12 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 2, 2017 Reel 41597, frame 679 | Nlight, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2017 Reel 42004, frame 873 | Dittli, Adam; Martinsen, Robert J. | Nlight Photonics Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2017 Reel 42251, frame 402 | Nlight Photonics Corporation | Nlight, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 23, 2018 Reel 47291, frame 833 | Nlight, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
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Note
The 488 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,537,042.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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