Term ends no later than Jul 19, 2033 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 12, 2033
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Uplight, Inc.
Filed Jun 11, 2021 as application 17/345,130 · Granted Feb 6, 2024
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2013
Feb 12, 2013
Ends no later than
Jul 19, 2033
Jul 19, 2033
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
5
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 157 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 12, 2013, when application 13/765,623, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 12, 2033 | 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 | +157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jul 19, 2033 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,310,815 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,379,508 | In force no later than Apr 2034 | no later than Apr 2034 |
| US 11,042,141 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 11,892,182 | this patent no later than Jul 2033 | no later than Jul 2033 |
| Application 18/421,195 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 16, 2021 Reel 58407, frame 25 | Shiflet, Eric M. | Tendril Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2021 Reel 58407, frame 109 | Tendril Networks, Inc. | Tendril Oe, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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 614 | Tendril Oe, 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2033
Term ends no later than Jul 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 19, 2033. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.