Term ends Dec 19, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2038
Held by Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Filed Jun 30, 2021 as application 17/364,451 · Granted Oct 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2018
Dec 19, 2018
Term ends
Dec 19, 2038
Dec 19, 2038
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 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 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.
8
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 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 Dec 19, 2018, when application 16/226,487, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2021) | Dec 19, 2038 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 19, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,557,703 | In force Nov 2041 | Nov 2041 |
| US 11,054,112 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2018/067193 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2018/067151 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,489,095 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,480,315 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,888,100 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,725,802 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
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 1, 2021 Reel 56736, frame 159 | Shimizu, Kentaro; Tamma, Venkata Ananth; Masui, Hisashi | Lumileds LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2021 Reel 56896, frame 501 | Shimizu, Kentaro; Tamma, Venkata Ananth; Masui, Hisashi | Lumileds LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Third Assignor's Execution Date on the Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel: 056736 Frame: 0159. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 9, 2022 Reel 62114, frame 1 | Lumileds, LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 5, 2023 Reel 62299, frame 338 | Lumileds LLC; Lumileds Holding B.V. | Sound Point Agency LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70046, frame 1 | Sound Point Agency LLC | Lumileds LLC; Lumileds Holding B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Sound Point Agency LLC | Lumileds LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Sound Point Agency LLC | Lumileds Holding B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 10, 2025 Reel 71888, frame 86 | Lumileds LLC | Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 19, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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