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Indicium Illumination by Light-Generating Sources

US 10,475,358 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2023 (Cowles Company).

Term ends Mar 7, 2036 · High confidence

Held by Rohinni, LLC
Filed Feb 17, 2016 as application 15/046,168 · Granted Nov 12, 2019
Base term plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2036
Clock starts
Nov 13, 2015
Term ends
Mar 7, 2036
Granted
Nov 12, 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
115
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,139,551, to Mar 7, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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 115 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Nov 13, 2015, when application 14/941,442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 17, 2016)Nov 13, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 7, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,139,551)resolves to Mar 7, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 7, 2036High confidence

This family

US 10,139,551In force
May 2036
May 2036
US 10,475,358this patent
Mar 2036
Mar 2036
US 10,884,179In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 10,896,631In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 11,789,196In force
no later than Sep 2036
no later than Sep 2036
Application 17/150,882Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
Jun 13, 2019
Reel 49461, frame 969
Peterson, Cody; Huska, AndrewRohinni, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 27, 2023
Reel 64417, frame 238
Rohinni, Inc.Cowles CompanySecurity Interest
Jan 12, 2024
Reel 66286, frame 270
Rohinni Inc.Magna Electronics, Inc.License
May 15, 2024
Reel 67428, frame 189
Rohinni, Inc.Cowles Semi, LLCCourt Order

Sources

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

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