Term ends Feb 3, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2033
Held by Ennostar Corporation
Filed Jan 24, 2013 as application 13/748,864 · Granted Jun 24, 2014
Base term plus 10 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2013
Jan 24, 2013
Term ends
Feb 3, 2033
Feb 3, 2033
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
base term
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
10
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.
15
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 10 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 Jan 24, 2013, when this application, 13/748,864, was filed | Jan 24, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +10 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 3, 2033 | 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 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 3, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,759,125 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 8,629,475 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,907,362 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,896,010 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,680,558 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,748,929 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,785,960 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,884,326 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2013 Reel 29818, frame 683 | Tischler, Michael A. | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2015 Reel 37171, frame 512 | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2018 Reel 46169, frame 167 | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Epistar Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2018 Reel 46325, frame 104 | Comerica Bank | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2026 Reel 75171, frame 402 | Epistar Corporation | Ennostar Corporation | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 3, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 10 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
80
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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