Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 30, 2015 (Comerica Bank).
Term ends Jun 23, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 23, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,384,114), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Cooledge Lighting Inc.
Filed Nov 3, 2014 as application 14/531,332 · Granted Nov 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2010
Jun 23, 2010
Term ends
Jun 23, 2030
Jun 23, 2030
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,384,114, to Jun 23, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
12
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 23, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/039684, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 3, 2014) | Jun 23, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,384,114) | resolves to Jun 23, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 23, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,384,114 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 8,338,849 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 8,921,134 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,179,510 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,431,462 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,559,150 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,765,936 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,966,414 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2014 Reel 34100, frame 604 | Tischler, Michael A.; Odnoblyudov, Vladimir; Keogh, David | Pacific Tech Link LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2014 Reel 34100, frame 780 | Pacific Tech Link LLC | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2015 Reel 37171, frame 512 | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 23, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,384,114, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.