Lapsed Jan 18, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Brightplus Ventures LLC
Filed Nov 17, 2006 as application 11/601,504 · Granted Jan 18, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1097 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 18, 2023
2006
2029
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2006
Nov 17, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 18, 2023
Jan 18, 2023
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Jan 18, 2011
Term would have run to
Nov 18, 2029
Nov 18, 2029
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
1,097
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.
4
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 Nov 18, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 1097 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 17, 2006, when this application, 11/601,504, was filed | Nov 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1097 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 18, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 18, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 18, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,872,430 | this patent Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| US 8,203,286 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,461,776 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 8,941,331 | In force (reinstated) Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 16, 2007 Reel 18763, frame 543 | Roberts, John K.; Vadas, Keith J.; Murugesu, Muhinthan | Cree, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 Reel 49902, frame 679 | Cree, Inc. | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2022 Reel 59432, frame 213 | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | Brightplus Ventures LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Note
The 1097 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
61
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.