Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2026 (Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB).
Term ended May 11, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 11, 2025
Held by Lumileds LLC
Filed Sep 26, 2012 as application 13/626,943 · Granted Aug 4, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 11, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
May 11, 2005
May 11, 2005
Term ended
May 11, 2025
May 11, 2025
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Aug 4, 2015
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 11, 2005, when application PCT/IB2005/051547, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2012) | May 11, 2025 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 11, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,298,680 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,095,933 | this patent May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,943,930 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2017 Reel 43108, frame 1 | Lumileds LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2017 Reel 44442, frame 540 | Van Veen, Nicolaas Johannes Anthonius; Biglari, Mohammad Hossain | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.,; Mat-Tech B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Biglari, Mohammad Hossain; Van Veen, Nicolaas Johannes Anthonius | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Biglari, Mohammad Hossain; Van Veen, Nicolaas Johannes Anthonius | Mat-Tech B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2018 Reel 46772, frame 611 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | Change of Name |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 48150, frame 603 | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | Lumileds LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2023 Reel 62299, frame 338 | Lumileds LLC; Lumileds Holding B.V. | Sound Point Agency LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70046, frame 1 | Sound Point Agency LLC | Lumileds LLC; Lumileds Holding B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Sound Point Agency LLC | Lumileds LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Sound Point Agency LLC | Lumileds Holding B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74572, frame 30 | Lumileds LLC | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
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