Also listed on Led Lighting Fixtures, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2026
Held by Led-IP Management, LLC
Filed Dec 20, 2006 as application 11/613,714 · Granted Aug 3, 2010
Base term plus 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2006
Dec 20, 2006
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Aug 3, 2010
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
343
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,213,940.
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.
3
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 343 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 20, 2006, when this application, 11/613,714, was filed | Dec 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +343 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,213,940) | capped to Dec 4, 2026 | 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 | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,768,192 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 12/815,846 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,878,429 | Grace period ended Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 6, 2007 Reel 18966, frame 199 | Van De Ven, Antony Paul; Negley, Gerald H | Led Lighting Fixtures, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2008 Reel 20757, frame 871 | Led Lighting Fixtures, Inc. | Cree Led Lighting Solutions, Inc. | Merger |
| Oct 13, 2010 Reel 25132, frame 353 | Cree Led Lighting Solutions, Inc. | Cree, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 1, 2019 Reel 49927, frame 473 | Cree, Inc. | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2023 Reel 64897, frame 413 | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | FGI Worldwide LLC | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2026 Reel 76279, frame 340 | Clna Holdings, LLC; Cree Lighting USA LLC; Cree Lighting Canada Corp.; E-Conolight LLC | Lumen Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2026 Reel 75624, frame 358 | Lumen Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Led-IP Management, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 4, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,213,940.
Citations
318
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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