Term ends Mar 8, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2033
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,725,744), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Newlight Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jul 1, 2021 as application 17/365,351 · Granted Apr 23, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013
Term ends
Mar 8, 2032
Mar 8, 2032
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,450,592, US 11,053,521, US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
10
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 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 13, 2013, when application 13/802,622, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 1, 2021) | Mar 13, 2033 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,450,592, US 11,053,521, US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744) | capped to Mar 8, 2032 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 8, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,085,784 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,725,744 | In force no later than Mar 2033 | no later than Mar 2033 |
| US 10,450,592 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,053,521 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 16/933,838 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,965,203 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,732,280 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 12,312,629 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2022 Reel 60076, frame 576 | Herrema, Markus Donald | Newlight Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2022 Reel 60254, frame 153 | Newlight Technologies, LLC | Newlight Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 8, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,450,592, US 11,053,521, US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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