Term ends Apr 27, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 27, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jul 26, 2021 as application 17/385,466 · Granted Nov 19, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 27, 2012
Apr 27, 2012
Term ends
Apr 27, 2032
Apr 27, 2032
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Nov 19, 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 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.
6
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 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 Apr 27, 2012, when application 13/458,956, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 26, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 27, 2032 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,570,372 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 8,760,499 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application 14/312,565 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/188,773 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,149,099 | this patent Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application 18/951,508 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69312, frame 669 | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar , LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2024 Reel 69312, frame 713 | Liminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar, LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 27, 2024 Reel 69990, frame 772 | Luminar Technologies, Inc.; Luminar , LLC; Freedom Photonics LLC | Glas Trust Company LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of the First Conveying Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 69312 Frame: 713. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 27, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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