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Thermal Management of LED-Based Lighting Systems

US 8,011,799 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Albeo Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 11, 2022 (Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P.).

Term ends Apr 16, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Oct 4, 2010 as application 12/897,593 · Granted Sep 6, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2007
Term ends
Apr 16, 2027
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,806,574, to Apr 16, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Apr 16, 2007, when application 11/735,903, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2010)Apr 16, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,806,574)resolves to Apr 16, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 16, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,806,574Lapsed on the fee record
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 8,011,799this patent
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
Oct 4, 2010
Reel 25088, frame 666
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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