Term ends Sep 3, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 23, 2035
Held by Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
Filed Jun 23, 2015 as application 14/748,038 · Granted Apr 27, 2021
Base term plus 438 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015
Term ends
Sep 3, 2036
Sep 3, 2036
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Apr 27, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
438
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
63
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 438 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 23, 2015, when this application, 14/748,038, was filed | Jun 23, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +438 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 2036 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 3, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,647,442 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,812,984 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2013/042354 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,870,016 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 10,992,255 | this patent Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2015/056776 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,853,565 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,230,310 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
8 of 63 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 41156, frame 507 | Johnson, Benjamin Alexander; Ponce, Andrew Joseph | Sunpower Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2021 Reel 55610, frame 693 | Johnson, Benjamin Alexander; Ponec, Andrew Joseph | Sunpower Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2022 Reel 61422, frame 566 | Sunpower Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 11, 2023 Reel 64253, frame 920 | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Sunpower Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (061422/0566) |
| Aug 8, 2023 Reel 64523, frame 270 | Sunpower Corporation | Solaredge Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2036
Term ends Sep 3, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 438 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.