Lapsed Dec 18, 2024 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 10, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Signify Holding B.V.
Filed Nov 4, 2011 as application 13/289,160 · Granted Dec 18, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 18, 2024
2010
2030
Clock starts
May 10, 2010
May 10, 2010
No longer in force
Dec 18, 2024
Dec 18, 2024
Granted
Dec 18, 2012
Dec 18, 2012
Term would have run to
May 10, 2030
May 10, 2030
base term
after the term ends
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.
2 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
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 10, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 10, 2010, when application 12/777,229, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 4, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 10, 2030 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 18, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 18, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,138,626 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,335,936 | this patent Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
2 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2011 Reel 27175, frame 837 | Jonsson, Karl; Diehl, William; Lyons, Timothy; Manniche, Martin; Windstrup, Sonny | Greenwave Reality, Pte Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 12, 2014 Reel 33521, frame 294 | Greenwave Reality Pte Ltd. | Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jul 9, 2015 Reel 36087, frame 213 | Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd. | Business Development Corporation of America | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 26, 2016 Reel 39830, frame 873 | Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| May 17, 2018 Reel 46180, frame 312 | Business Development Corporation of America, as Prior Agent | BSP Agency, LLC, as Successor Agent | Notice of Succession of Agency (Intellectual Property) |
| Jan 14, 2019 Reel 47984, frame 315 | BSP Agency, LLC | KCFF II SPV LP | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 Reel 48965, frame 430 | KFCC II SPV LP | Greenwave Holding Inc.; Greenwave Reality Inc.; Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd.; Greenwave Holding APS; Greenwave Denmark APS | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | KFCC II SPV LP | Greenwave Holding Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | KFCC II SPV LP | Greenwave Reality Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | KFCC II SPV LP | Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | KFCC II SPV LP | Greenwave Holding APS | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | KFCC II SPV LP | Greenwave Denmark APS | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 25, 2019 Reel 50335, frame 136 | Silicon Valley Bank | Greenwave Reality Inc. | Lien Release |
| Jun 24, 2019 Reel 49562, frame 340 | Greenwave Systems Pte. Ltd. | Signify Holding B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
109
later US patents cite this one
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