Term ends Apr 18, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2027
Held by Led-IP Management, LLC
Filed Sep 10, 2009 as application 12/557,036 · Granted Oct 26, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2007
Apr 18, 2007
Term ends
Apr 18, 2027
Apr 18, 2027
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Oct 26, 2010
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
15
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. 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 Apr 18, 2007, when application 11/736,761, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 10, 2009) | Apr 18, 2027 | 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 | 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 | Apr 18, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,213,940 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/009462 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,513,875 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2007/086027 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,084,328 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,441,793 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,998,444 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 7,821,194 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2009 Reel 23213, frame 812 | Negley, Gerald H.; Van De Ven, Antony P. | Cree Led Lighting Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2010 Reel 24673, frame 786 | Cree Led Lighting Solutions, Inc. | Cree, Inc. | Merger |
| May 20, 2019 Reel 49223, frame 494 | 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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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 18, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
89
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.