Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 18, 2024 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Oct 10, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 10, 2028
Held by Kichler Lighting LLC
Filed Sep 27, 2010 as application 12/891,129 · Granted Oct 4, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2008
Oct 10, 2008
Term ends
Oct 10, 2028
Oct 10, 2028
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Oct 4, 2011
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.
4
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 10, 2008, when application 12/249,232, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 27, 2010) | Oct 10, 2028 | 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 | Oct 10, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/979,470 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,854,616 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,029,293 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,167,627 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2018 Reel 45977, frame 88 | The L.D. Kichler Co. | India Acquisition LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2018 Reel 46298, frame 430 | India Acquisition LLC | Kichler Lighting LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 18, 2024 Reel 68983, frame 226 | Kichler Lighting LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 18, 2024 Reel 68989, frame 739 | Kichler Lighting LLC | TCW Asset Management Company LLC | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 10, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
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