Lapsed Jul 23, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Vode Lighting LLC
Filed Jan 27, 2012 as application 13/360,603 · Granted Jul 23, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 23, 2025
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2009
Jul 27, 2009
No longer in force
Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Jul 23, 2013
Term would have run to
Jul 27, 2029
Jul 27, 2029
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,164,281, to Jul 27, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 Jul 27, 2029: 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. 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 27, 2009, when application 12/509,711, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 27, 2012) | Jul 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,164,281) | resolves to Jul 27, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 23, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 23, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,164,281 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,493,005 | this patent Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2015 Reel 35900, frame 527 | Warton, Thomas, MR. | Vode Lighting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2023 Reel 64339, frame 741 | Vode Lighting LLC | Roynat Capital Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 19, 2023 Reel 64339, frame 757 | Vode Lighting LLC | National Bank of Canada | Security Agreement |
| Aug 11, 2026 Reel 75608, frame 585 | Roynat Capital Inc., as Agent | Vode Lighting LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2026 Reel 75805, frame 72 | National Bank of Canada, as Agent | Vode Lighting LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,164,281, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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