Term ends Dec 29, 2026 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 29, 2026
Held by Leotek Electronics USA, LLC
Filed Apr 4, 2011 as application 13/079,480 · Granted Dec 11, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 29, 2006
Dec 29, 2006
Term ends
Dec 29, 2026
Dec 29, 2026
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,918,582, to Dec 29, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Low. 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 Dec 29, 2006, when applications 11/618,512 and 11/618,552, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 29, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,918,582) | resolves to Dec 29, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 11618512 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 29, 2026 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,777,322 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 7,918,582 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 7,602,057 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,973,402 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,328,388 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,432,029 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2022 Reel 60803, frame 351 | Dialight Corporation | HSBC UK Bank PLC, as Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 29, 2024 Reel 68171, frame 975 | HSBC UK Bank PLC | Dialight Corporation | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 6, 2024 Reel 69532, frame 449 | Dialight Corporation | Leotek Electronics USA, LLC | Intellectual Property Assignment and License Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 29, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,918,582, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.