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Thermal Management of LED-Based Lighting Systems

US 7,806,574 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 11, 2022 (Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P.).

Lapsed Oct 5, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Apr 16, 2007 as application 11/735,903 · Granted Oct 5, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 446 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 5, 2022
2007 2028
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2007
No longer in force
Oct 5, 2022
Granted
Oct 5, 2010
Term would have run to
Jul 5, 2028
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
446
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jul 5, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 446 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 16, 2007, when this application, 11/735,903, was filedApr 16, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+446 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 5, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 5, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 5, 2022High confidence

This family

US 7,806,574this patent
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
US 8,506,121Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
US 8,425,085In force
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 8,011,799In force
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
Application 13/867,691Abandoned
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 22, 2008
Reel 21562, frame 495
Van Laanen, Peter; Bisberg, JeffreyAlbeo Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 6, 2011
Reel 27023, frame 806
Albeo Technologies Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Sep 27, 2012
Reel 29045, frame 680
Albeo Technologies, Inc.Albeo Technologies, Inc.Change of Address
Mar 27, 2019
Reel 48709, frame 438
Silicon Valley BankAlbeo Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 3, 2019
Reel 48791, frame 1
General Electric CompanyCurrent Lighting Solutions, LLC F/K/A GE Lighting Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2019
Reel 51047, frame 210
Current Lighting Solutions, LLCAlly Bank, As Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
May 27, 2020
Reel 52763, frame 643
Current Lighting Solutions, LLCAlly Bank, As Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Feb 2, 2022
Reel 58982, frame 844
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Neetworks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Feb 11, 2022
Reel 59034, frame 469
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 17, 2022
Reel 59432, frame 592
Ally BankCurrent Lighting Solutions, LLC; Forum, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 17, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Ally BankCurrent Lighting Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 17, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Ally BankForum, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 19, 2024
Reel 66355, frame 455
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 10841994 to Patent Number 11570872 Previously Recorded on Reel 058982 Frame 0844. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Jan 25, 2024
Reel 66372, frame 590
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 059034 Frame: 0469. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.

Sources

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