Term ends Dec 19, 2038 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2038
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Filed Oct 18, 2022 as application 17/968,026 · Granted Aug 15, 2023
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
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023
base term
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.
0 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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 18, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 19, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 19, 2038 | Medium 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 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,888,100 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,725,802 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2022 Reel 61450, frame 723 | Shimizu, Kentaro; Tamma, Venkata Ananth; Masui, Hisashi | 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 |
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 19, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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