Lapsed Aug 26, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 16, 2030
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Vode Lighting, LLC
Filed Jul 16, 2010 as application 12/838,338 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 754 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 26, 2026
2010
2032
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2010
Jul 16, 2010
No longer in force
Aug 26, 2026
Aug 26, 2026
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014
Term would have run to
Aug 8, 2032
Aug 8, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
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
754
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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 Aug 8, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 754 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 16, 2010, when this application, 12/838,338, was filed | Jul 16, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +754 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 8, 2032 | 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 Aug 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 26, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,814,400 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US D657,905 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US D659,900 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US D669,629 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 63899, frame 733 | Yu, Scott S | 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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Note
The 754 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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