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Linear LED Illumination Device with Improved Rotational Hinge

US 9,146,028 In force
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Term ends Dec 5, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Dec 5, 2013 as application 14/097,355 · Granted Sep 29, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2013
Term ends
Dec 5, 2033
Granted
Sep 29, 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.
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.
40
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 5, 2013, when this application, 14/097,355, was filedDec 5, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 5, 2033High confidence

This family

Application 13/790,990Abandoned
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US 9,578,724Surrendered on reissue
Feb 2023
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US 9,360,174Surrendered on reissue
Feb 2022
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US 9,146,028this patent
Dec 2033
Dec 2033
US 9,769,899In force
Jul 2035
Jul 2035
US 9,557,214In force
Dec 2034
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US 10,161,786In force
Apr 2037
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US 9,736,903In force
May 2035
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8 of 40 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 5, 2013
Reel 31720, frame 387
Logan, Derek Edward; Mollnow, Tomas J.Ketra, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 17, 2018
Reel 45966, frame 790
Ketra, Inc.Lutron Ketra, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 8, 2021
Reel 54940, frame 343
Lutron Ketra, LLCLutron Technology Company LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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