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Frontal Illumination of a Surface Using LED Lighting

US 7,896,522 In force (reinstated)
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2025 (Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC).

Term ends May 23, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Feb 20, 2009 as application 12/389,871 · Granted Mar 1, 2011
Base term plus 92 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2009
Term ends
May 23, 2029
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
base term patent term adjustment 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
92
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.

This patent's term runs 92 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 20, 2009, when this application, 12/389,871, was filedFeb 20, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+92 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 23, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 23, 2029High confidence

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
Mar 9, 2009
Reel 22365, frame 451
Heller, Todd R.; Pitts, Dewey T.Formetco, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 3, 2012
Reel 27824, frame 749
Ad-Tech International, Inc.Formetco, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2012
Reel 29575, frame 352
Formetco, IncorporatedFCC, LCC D/B/A First Capital, a Florida LLCSecurity Interest
May 19, 2015
Reel 35730, frame 203
FCC, LCC D/B/A First Capital, a Florida LLCAcf Finco I LPAssignment and Assumption of Security Interests in Patents
Jul 21, 2020
Reel 53268, frame 968
Formetco, IncorporatedGibraltar Business Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 16, 2022
Reel 59369, frame 362
Formetco, IncorporatedFormetco, LLCConversion
Feb 15, 2024
Reel 66470, frame 494
Formetco, LLC; Ad-Tech Imports, LLCFifth Third Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Feb 16, 2024
Reel 66617, frame 480
Gibraltar Business Capital, LLCFormetco, LLC; Ad-Tech Imports, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 16, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Gibraltar Business Capital, LLCFormetco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 16, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Gibraltar Business Capital, LLCAd-Tech Imports, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2024
Reel 67704, frame 115
Formetco, IncorporatedFormetco, LLCChange of Name
Jan 28, 2025
Reel 70038, frame 887
Formetco, LLCGibraltar Business Capital, LLCSecurity Agreement

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.

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