Also listed on Emcore Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2014 (Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania).
Term ends no later than Jul 16, 2028 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 16, 2028
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Emcore Solar Power, Inc.
Filed May 22, 2014 as application 14/284,909 · Granted Mar 24, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2008
Jul 16, 2008
Ends no later than
Jul 16, 2028
Jul 16, 2028
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
base term
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Low. 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, 2008, when application 12/218,582, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 22, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 16, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jul 16, 2028 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application 12/218,582 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/258,190 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,753,918 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 9,287,438 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,987,042 | this patent no later than Jul 2028 | no later than Jul 2028 |
| US 9,601,652 | In force no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2014 Reel 33774, frame 340 | Varghese, Tansen; Cornfeld, Arthur | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2014 Reel 34612, frame 961 | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. | Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2018 Reel 47341, frame 617 | SolAero Technologies Corp. | Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 17, 2018 Reel 47246, frame 418 | SolAero Technologies Corp. | Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties | Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2019 Reel 48877, frame 802 | Citizens Bank, N.A. (Successor by Merger to Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania), as Administrative Agent | SolAero Technologies Corp. | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 12, 2019 Reel 49455, frame 179 | Citizens Bank, N.A. (Successor by Merger to Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania), as Administrative Agent | SolAero Solar Power Inc. (F/K/A Emcore Solar Power, Inc.) | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 17, 2019 Reel 48930, frame 952 | SolAero Technologies Corp. | Citizens Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends no later than Jul 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 16, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.