Lapsed Dec 25, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2035
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,192,435), so the cap could be lower.
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Current Lighting Solutions, LLC
Filed Dec 30, 2015 as application 14/985,329 · Granted Dec 25, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 25, 2022
2015
2035
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2015
Dec 30, 2015
No longer in force
Dec 25, 2022
Dec 25, 2022
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Dec 25, 2018
Term would have run to
Dec 30, 2035
Dec 30, 2035
base term
after the term ends
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 10,192,435, to Dec 30, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 Dec 30, 2035: 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. 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, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 30, 2015, when this application, 14/985,329, was filed | Dec 30, 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 10,192,435) | resolves to Dec 30, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 25, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 25, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 62/119,785 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,163,343 | this patent Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 10,192,435 | In force no later than Dec 2035 | no later than Dec 2035 |
| Application 14/985,341 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2016/019056 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2016 Reel 37932, frame 984 | Nguyen, Truong-khoa; Richard, Jean-francois; Neser, Morne; Langlais, Justin; Rana, Shahzil | GE Lighting Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 9, 2019 Reel 48830, frame 564 | GE Lighting Solutions, LLC | Current Lighting Solutions, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,192,435, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.