Also listed on Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 5, 2027
Filed Jan 5, 2007 as application 11/620,317 · Granted Dec 14, 2010
Base term plus 917 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jan 5, 2007
Jan 5, 2007
Term ends
Jul 10, 2029
Jul 10, 2029
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Dec 14, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
917
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.
5
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 917 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 Jan 5, 2007, when this application, 11/620,317, was filed | Jan 5, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +917 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 2029 | 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 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/499,120 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,853,150 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 7,856,185 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 |
| US 7,534,054 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,186,891 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2007 Reel 18716, frame 727 | Hudgins, Clay E.; McGlynn, Daniel M. | Emcore Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 12, 2008 Reel 21824, frame 19 | Emcore Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| May 18, 2011 Reel 26304, frame 142 | Emcore Corporation; Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Oct 12, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Emcore Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2011 Reel 27050, frame 880 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Emcore Corporation; Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Emcore Corporation | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2012 Reel 28192, frame 189 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Emcore Corporation; Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 15, 2013 Reel 30006, frame 126 | Emcore Corporation | Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, U.S.A., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 917 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
90
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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