Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 6, 2026 (PNC Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 23, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 20, 2028
Held by LSI Industries, Inc.
Filed Mar 24, 2010 as application 12/731,077 · Granted Aug 28, 2012
Base term plus 307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2008
Oct 20, 2008
Term ends
Aug 23, 2029
Aug 23, 2029
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Aug 28, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
307
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.
8
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 307 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 Oct 20, 2008, when application 12/254,107, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 24, 2010) | Oct 20, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +307 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 23, 2029 | 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 23, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2008/080469 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,972,035 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,251,552 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,388,166 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2011/027647 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/052299 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,608,335 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application 14/059,595 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2010 Reel 24216, frame 88 | Rooms, Rob Allen; Boyer, John D. | LSI Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2026 Reel 75366, frame 338 | LSI Industries Inc. | PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 23, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
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.