Term ends Aug 3, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 3, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vode Lighting, LLC
Filed Sep 28, 2010 as application 12/892,587 · Granted Oct 11, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 3, 2007
Aug 3, 2007
Term ends
Aug 3, 2027
Aug 3, 2027
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Oct 11, 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.
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.
3
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: Medium. 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 Aug 3, 2007, when application 11/890,065, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 3, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | Aug 3, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/890,065 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,033,688 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application 13/758,215 | Abandoned 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2015 Reel 35900, frame 527 | Warton, Thomas, MR. | Vode Lighting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 63899, frame 894 | Yu, Scott S | Vode Lighting, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2023 Reel 64339, frame 741 | Vode Lighting LLC | Roynat Capital Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 19, 2023 Reel 64339, frame 757 | Vode Lighting LLC | National Bank of Canada | Security Agreement |
| Aug 11, 2026 Reel 75608, frame 585 | Roynat Capital Inc., as Agent | Vode Lighting LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2026 Reel 75805, frame 72 | National Bank of Canada, as Agent | Vode Lighting LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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