Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2026 (Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB).
Term ends Jul 21, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 10, 2024
Held by Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Filed Dec 10, 2004 as application 11/008,863 · Granted Mar 2, 2010
Base term plus 1319 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2004
Dec 10, 2004
Term ends
Jul 21, 2028
Jul 21, 2028
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Mar 2, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
1,319
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
100
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 1319 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 10, 2004, when this application, 11/008,863, was filed | Dec 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1319 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 21, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 21, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,657,300 | Term ended Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| US 6,646,292 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2011 | Nov 2011 |
| US 6,573,537 | Term ended Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 6,489,636 | Term ended Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| US 6,987,613 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 6,417,019 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 6,536,914 | Term ended May 2021 | May 2021 |
| US 6,598,998 | Term ended Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
8 of 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2005 Reel 15930, frame 528 | Mueller, Gerd O.; Mueller-mach, Regina B.; Meyer, Joerg; Schmidt, Peter; Wiechert, Detlef Uwe | Lumileds Lighting U.S. LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2011 Reel 25850, frame 770 | Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC; Lumileds Lighting, U.S., LLC; Lumileds Lighting, U.S. LLC; Lumileds Lighting U.S. LLC | Philips Lumileds Lighting Company LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 7, 2017 Reel 43108, frame 1 | Lumileds LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2018 Reel 46111, frame 261 | Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC | Lumileds LLC | Change of Name |
| 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 |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74572, frame 30 | Lumileds LLC | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
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Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1319 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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