Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 22, 2025 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Oct 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 6, 2032
Held by Amada Company Limited
Filed Dec 6, 2012 as application 13/707,446 · Granted Feb 2, 2016
Base term plus 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2012
Dec 6, 2012
Term ends
Oct 13, 2033
Oct 13, 2033
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Feb 2, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
311
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.
2
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 runs 311 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 6, 2012, when this application, 13/707,446, was filed | Dec 6, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +311 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 13, 2033 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,250,390 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,823,422 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2013 Reel 29563, frame 661 | Muendel, Martin H.; Kliner, Dahv | JDS Uniphase Corporation; Amada Co.,, Ltd.; Amada Col., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | JDS Uniphase Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | Amada Co.,, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | Amada Col., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2013 Reel 29626, frame 565 | Muendel, Martin H.; Kliner, Dahv | JDS Uniphase Corporation; Amada Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Amada Co., LTD. Previously Recorded on Reel 029563 Frame 0661. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignors: Martin H. Muendel and Dahv Kliner Assignees: JDS Uniphase Corporation and Amada Co., LTD. |
| Jan 7, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | JDS Uniphase Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Amada Co., LTD. Previously Recorded on Reel 029563 Frame 0661. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignors: Martin H. Muendel and Dahv Kliner Assignees: JDS Uniphase Corporation and Amada Co., LTD. |
| Jan 7, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | Amada Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Amada Co., LTD. Previously Recorded on Reel 029563 Frame 0661. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignors: Martin H. Muendel and Dahv Kliner Assignees: JDS Uniphase Corporation and Amada Co., LTD. |
| Jan 24, 2013 Reel 29686, frame 93 | Muendel, Martin H.; Kliner, Dahv | JDS Uniphase Corporation; Amada Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of the Assignee, Amada Co., LTD Previously Recorded on Reel 029626 Frame 0565. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignors: Martin H. Muendel and Dahv Kliner. Assignees: JDS Uniphase Corporation and Amada Co., LTD. |
| Jan 24, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | JDS Uniphase Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of the Assignee, Amada Co., LTD Previously Recorded on Reel 029626 Frame 0565. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignors: Martin H. Muendel and Dahv Kliner. Assignees: JDS Uniphase Corporation and Amada Co., LTD. |
| Jan 24, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Kliner, Dahv; Muendel, Martin H. | Amada Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of the Assignee, Amada Co., LTD Previously Recorded on Reel 029626 Frame 0565. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignors: Martin H. Muendel and Dahv Kliner. Assignees: JDS Uniphase Corporation and Amada Co., LTD. |
| May 11, 2015 Reel 35624, frame 523 | Amada Co., Ltd. | Amada Holdings Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 21, 2015 Reel 36420, frame 340 | JDS Uniphase Corporation | Lumentum Operations LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2016 Reel 37562, frame 513 | JDS Uniphase Corporation | Lumentum Operations LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct Incorrect Patents 7,868,247 and 6,476,312 on Page A-A33 Previously Recorded on Reel 036420 Frame 0340. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 28, 2016 Reel 37627, frame 641 | JDS Uniphase Corporation | Lumentum Operations LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct Patents 7,868,247 and 6,476,312 Listed on Page A-A33 Previously Recorded on Reel 036420 Frame 0340. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 11, 2018 Reel 47788, frame 511 | Lumentum Operations LLC; Oclaro Fiber Optics, Inc.; Oclaro, Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 13, 2019 Reel 51287, frame 556 | Deutsche AG New York Branch | Lumentum Operations LLC; Oclaro Fiber Optics, Inc.; Oclaro, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche AG New York Branch | Lumentum Operations LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche AG New York Branch | Oclaro Fiber Optics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche AG New York Branch | Oclaro, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2020 Reel 54537, frame 473 | Amada Holdings Co., Ltd.; Amada Company Limited | Amada Company Limited | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 22, 2025 Reel 74974, frame 1 | Lumentum Operations LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
145
later US patents cite this one
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