Term ends Mar 5, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 5, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Lightmatter, Inc.
Filed Nov 29, 2022 as application 18/070,889 · Granted Jan 2, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2020
Mar 5, 2020
Term ends
Mar 5, 2040
Mar 5, 2040
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
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.
13
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 Mar 5, 2020, when application 16/810,573, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 29, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 5, 2040 | 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 | Mar 5, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,036,002 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 11,754,783 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,860,413 | this patent Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 12,124,081 | In force no later than Mar 2040 | no later than Mar 2040 |
| US 12,124,082 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 12,092,866 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 12,092,867 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| US 12,038,604 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2022 Reel 62230, frame 361 | Lightmatter, Inc. | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 27, 2023 Reel 62505, frame 877 | Harris, Nicholas C.; Ramey, Carl; Gould, Michael; Graham, Thomas; Bunandar, Darius; Braid, Ryan; Tymchenko, Mykhailo | Lightmatter, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2023 Reel 63209, frame 966 | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Lightmatter, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2024 Reel 69304, frame 700 | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Lightmatter, Inc. | Termination of IP Security Agreement |
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Mar 2040
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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