Also listed on Beamreach Solar, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 26, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2032
Held by Ob Realty, LLC
Filed Nov 20, 2012 as application 13/682,674 · Granted Mar 22, 2016
Base term plus 371 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2012
Nov 20, 2012
Term ends
Nov 26, 2033
Nov 26, 2033
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 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
371
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.
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 runs 371 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 Nov 20, 2012, when this application, 13/682,674, was filed | Nov 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +371 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 26, 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 | Nov 26, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,293,619 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| Application 14/072,759 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,515,217 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| Application PCT/US2014/034057 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/252,776 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,379,258 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 9,130,076 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 |
| US 10,181,541 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2014 Reel 34556, frame 270 | Moslehi, Mehrdad M.; Wingert, Michael | Solexel, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2015 Reel 34731, frame 1 | Solexel, Inc. | Opus Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2017 Reel 43342, frame 439 | Solexel, Inc. | Beamreach Solar, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43350, frame 822 | Ob Realty, LLC | Ob Realty, LLC | Recordation of Foreclosure of Patent Properties |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43367, frame 649 | Solexel, Inc. | Beamreach Solar, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 44062, frame 383 | Opus Bank | Ob Realty, LLC | Assignment of Loan Documents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 26, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 371 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.