Also listed on Lumigrow, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 19, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 24, 2029
Held by Signify Holding B.V.
Filed Jul 24, 2009 as application 12/509,380 · Granted Oct 30, 2012
Base term plus 544 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Jul 24, 2009
Jul 24, 2009
Term ends
Jan 19, 2031
Jan 19, 2031
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 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
544
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.
10
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 544 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 Jul 24, 2009, when this application, 12/509,380, was filed | Jul 24, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +544 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 19, 2031 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 19, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,297,782 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,310,049 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,310,027 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,668,350 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 10,612,726 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 10,544,904 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application 16/773,862 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/822,936 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27909, frame 510 | Bafetti, Vincent H.; Wells, Kevin T. | Lumigrow, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2012 Reel 29378, frame 364 | Lumigrow, Inc. | LSJP Associates LLC | Security Agreement |
| Aug 17, 2015 Reel 36342, frame 897 | LSJP Associates LLC | Lumigrow, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2015 Reel 36642, frame 536 | Lumigrow, Inc. | Ahk Enterprises, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 10, 2017 Reel 43262, frame 795 | Lumigrow, Inc. | Windsail Credit Fund, L.P., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2018 Reel 45389, frame 70 | Bafetti, Vincent H.; Wells, Kevin T. | Lumigrow, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2022 Reel 59893, frame 156 | Ahk Enterprises, LLC | Lumigrow, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 19, 2022 Reel 60119, frame 394 | Windsail Credit Fund, L.p. | Windsail Capital Fund, L.p. | Assignment of Security Interest |
| May 19, 2022 Reel 60119, frame 641 | Windsail Capital Fund, L.P., as Secured Party | Agtech Holdings, Inc. | Foreclosure Sale |
| Sep 27, 2022 Reel 61225, frame 294 | Agtech Holdings, Inc. | Signify Holding B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2022 Reel 61225, frame 425 | Windsail Capital Fund, L.p. | Signify Holding B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
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Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 19, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 544 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
108
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.
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