Also listed on Ideal Industries Lighting LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 8, 2028
Held by Led-IP Management, LLC
Filed May 8, 2008 as application 12/117,122 · Granted Oct 18, 2011
Base term plus 725 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 8, 2008
May 8, 2008
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Oct 18, 2011
base term
after the term ends
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
725
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,213,940.
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 725 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 8, 2008, when this application, 12/117,122, was filed | May 8, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +725 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,213,940) | capped to Dec 4, 2026 | 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 | Dec 4, 2026 | High 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2008 Reel 21434, frame 99 | Van De Ven, Antony Paul; Negley, Gerald H. | Cree Led Lighting Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 14, 2010 Reel 25137, frame 15 | Cree Led Lighting Solutions, Inc. | Cree, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 1, 2019 Reel 49927, frame 473 | Cree, Inc. | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2023 Reel 64897, frame 413 | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | FGI Worldwide LLC | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2026 Reel 76279, frame 340 | Clna Holdings, LLC; Cree Lighting USA LLC; Cree Lighting Canada Corp.; E-Conolight LLC | Lumen Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2026 Reel 75624, frame 358 | Lumen Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Led-IP Management, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 4, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 725 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,213,940.
Citations
132
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.