Also listed on VC Brands, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 29, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 17, 2037
Held by Visual Comfort LLC
Filed Feb 17, 2017 as application 15/436,142 · Granted Feb 19, 2019
Base term plus 71 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2017
Feb 17, 2017
Term ends
Apr 29, 2037
Apr 29, 2037
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
71
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
3
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 runs 71 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 17, 2017, when this application, 15/436,142, was filed | Feb 17, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +71 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 29, 2037 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 29, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,208,905 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US D874,052 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 10,760,749 | In force no later than Feb 2037 | no later than Feb 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2017 Reel 43176, frame 832 | Lavin, Sean; Ungaro, James Gerard | Generation Brands LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2019 Reel 51283, frame 337 | Ungaro, James Gerard | Generation Brands LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2021 Reel 56266, frame 543 | Generation Brands LLC | VC Brands, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 26, 2021 Reel 56973, frame 410 | Sea Gull Lighting Products LLC; VC Brands, LLC F/K/A Encompass Lighting Group; Tech Lighting L.L.C.; Visual Comfort & Co. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Jul 26, 2021 Reel 56973, frame 493 | Sea Gull Lighting Products LLC; VC Brands, LLC F/K/A Encompass Lighting Group; Tech Lighting L.L.C.; Visual Comfort & Co. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Jul 26, 2021 Reel 57043, frame 955 | Sea Gull Lighting Products LLC; VC Brands, LLC F/K/A Encompass Lighting Group; Tech Lighting L.L.C.; Visual Comfort & Co. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Apr 15, 2024 Reel 67103, frame 901 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Sea Gull Lighting Products LLC; VC Brands, LLC (FKA Encompass Lighting Group); Tech Lighting L.L.C.; Visual Comfort & Co. | Release (REEL 056973 / Frame 0493) |
| Apr 15, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Sea Gull Lighting Products LLC | Release (REEL 056973 / Frame 0493) |
| Apr 15, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | VC Brands, LLC (FKA Encompass Lighting Group) | Release (REEL 056973 / Frame 0493) |
| Apr 15, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Tech Lighting L.L.C. | Release (REEL 056973 / Frame 0493) |
| Apr 15, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Visual Comfort & Co. | Release (REEL 056973 / Frame 0493) |
| Jun 18, 2026 Reel 75007, frame 227 | Visual Comfort of America LLLC | Visual Comfort LLC | Merger |
| Jul 23, 2026 Reel 76071, frame 364 | VC Brands, LLC | Visual Comfort LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 29, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 71 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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