Term ends Mar 8, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2033
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,725,744), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Newlight Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jul 7, 2017 as application 15/643,905 · Granted Oct 22, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013
Term ends
Mar 8, 2032
Mar 8, 2032
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Oct 22, 2019
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744.
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.
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Mar 13, 2013, when application 13/802,622, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2017) | Mar 13, 2033 | 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 9,040,267, US 9,725,744) | capped to Mar 8, 2032 | Medium 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 | Mar 8, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,085,784 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,725,744 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 10,450,592 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,053,521 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 16/933,838 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,965,203 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,732,280 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 12,312,629 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2019 Reel 49306, frame 280 | Herrema, Markus Donald | Newlight Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2019 Reel 49306, frame 541 | Newlight Technologies, LLC | Newlight Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 8, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744.
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2019 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.