Term ends Feb 16, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 27, 2029
Held by Lutron Technology Company LLC
Filed Jan 27, 2009 as application 12/360,467 · Granted May 15, 2012
Base term plus 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2009
Jan 27, 2009
Term ends
Feb 16, 2030
Feb 16, 2030
Granted
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
385
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
29
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 runs 385 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jan 27, 2009, when this application, 12/360,467, was filed | Jan 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +385 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 2030 | 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 | Feb 16, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,179,787 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,886,047 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/000219 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,509,525 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,773,336 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 12/806,114 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,521,035 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,276,766 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
8 of 29 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2009 Reel 23703, frame 26 | Knapp, David J. | Firefly Green Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2012 Reel 27708, frame 126 | Firefly Green Technologies, Inc. | Ketra, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 12, 2012 Reel 27846, frame 196 | Ketra, Inc. | SMSC Holdings S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31810, frame 923 | SMSC Holdings S.A.R.L. | Microchip Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31811, frame 150 | Microchip Technology Inc. | Ketra, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2018 Reel 45966, frame 790 | Ketra, Inc. | Lutron Ketra, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2021 Reel 54940, frame 343 | Lutron Ketra, LLC | Lutron Technology Company LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 16, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
285
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.