Term ends Nov 17, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2038
Held by Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Filed Dec 19, 2018 as application 16/226,487 · Granted Jan 17, 2023
Base term plus 1064 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2041
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2018
Dec 19, 2018
Term ends
Nov 17, 2041
Nov 17, 2041
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Jan 17, 2023
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
1,064
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.
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 runs 1064 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 Dec 19, 2018, when this application, 16/226,487, was filed | Dec 19, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1064 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 2041 | 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 | Nov 17, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,557,703 | this patent 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 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2019 Reel 50266, frame 190 | Shimizu, Kentaro; Bohmer, Marcel Rene; Estrada, Daniel; Heuts, Jacobus Johannes Franciscus Gerardus | Lumileds LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
Nov 2041
Term ends Nov 17, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1064 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 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.