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Lighting Apparatus with a Boost

US 8,388,166 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 6, 2026 (PNC Bank, National Association).

Term ends Feb 6, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Oct 8, 2010 as application 12/900,811 · Granted Mar 5, 2013
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2008
Term ends
Feb 6, 2029
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
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
109
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 109 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 20, 2008, when application 12/254,107, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 8, 2010)Oct 20, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 6, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 6, 2029High confidence

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Application PCT/US2008/080469PCT application
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US 8,251,552In force
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US 8,388,166this patent
Feb 2029
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Application PCT/US2011/027647PCT application
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Application PCT/US2011/052299PCT application
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US 8,608,335In force
Oct 2028
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Application 14/059,595Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 14, 2010
Reel 25492, frame 151
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 AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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