Term ends Feb 6, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 6, 2033
Held by Uplight, Inc.
Filed Sep 3, 2020 as application 17/011,987 · Granted May 10, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Feb 6, 2013
Feb 6, 2013
Term ends
Feb 6, 2033
Feb 6, 2033
Granted
May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 Feb 6, 2013, when application 13/761,119, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2020) | Feb 6, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 6, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,423,779 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,281,895 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,782,666 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 11,327,457 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 11,720,075 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 12,019,423 | In force no later than Feb 2033 | no later than Feb 2033 |
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 22, 2021 Reel 55359, frame 36 | Agarwal, Ashish | Tendril Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2021 Reel 55443, frame 809 | Tendril Networks, Inc. | Tendril Ea, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 31, 2021 Reel 57345, frame 298 | Tendril Ea, LLC; Tendril Oe, LLC; Energysavvy Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2024 Reel 67894, frame 622 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Tendril Ea, LLC; Tendril Oe, LLC; Energysavvy Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Tendril Ea, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Tendril Oe, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Energysavvy Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68183, frame 935 | Uplight, Inc.; Tendril Intermediate Holdings, LLC; Tendril Midco, LLC; Tendril Ea, LLC; Tendril Oe, LLC; Energysavvy Inc.; Firstfuel Software, Inc.; Simple Energy, Inc.; Agentis, Inc.; Trafalgar Holdco LLC; Autogrid Systems, Inc.; Energy AI Systems Inc. | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Security Interest |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69710, frame 657 | Tendril Ea, LLC | Uplight, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 Reel 75870, frame 98 | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Uplight, Inc.; Tendril Intermediate Holdings, LLC; Tendril Midco, LLC; Tendril Ea, LLC; Tendril Oe, LLC; Energysavvy Inc.; Firstfuel Software, Inc.; Simple Energy, Inc.; Agentis, Inc.; Trafalgar Holdco LLC; Autogrid Systems, Inc.; Energy AI Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Uplight, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Tendril Intermediate Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Tendril Midco, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Tendril Ea, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Tendril Oe, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Energysavvy Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Firstfuel Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Simple Energy, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Agentis, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Trafalgar Holdco LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Autogrid Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Energy AI Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 6, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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