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Positionable Lighting Systems and Methods

US 8,167,627 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 18, 2024 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends Oct 10, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Oct 3, 2011 as application 13/251,438 · Granted May 1, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2008
Term ends
Oct 10, 2028
Granted
May 1, 2012
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
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 10, 2008, when application 12/249,232, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 3, 2011)Oct 10, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 10, 2028High confidence

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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
Apr 19, 2018
Reel 45977, frame 88
The L.D. Kichler Co.India Acquisition LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 5, 2018
Reel 46298, frame 430
India Acquisition LLCKichler Lighting LLCChange of Name
Sep 18, 2024
Reel 68983, frame 226
Kichler Lighting LLCWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Sep 18, 2024
Reel 68989, frame 739
Kichler Lighting LLCTCW Asset Management Company LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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