Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 2, 2018 (Comerica Bank).
Lapsed Aug 30, 2024 on the fee record · 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.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Cooledge Lighting Inc.
Filed Sep 22, 2015 as application 14/860,800 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 30, 2024
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2010
Jun 23, 2010
No longer in force
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016
Term would have run to
Jun 23, 2030
Jun 23, 2030
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.
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.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Jun 23, 2030: 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. 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 Sep 22, 2015) | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 30, 2024 | 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 | In force (reinstated) Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,431,462 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2015 Reel 36619, frame 237 | Tischler, Michael A.; Odnoblyudov, Vladimir; Keogh, David | Pacific Tech Link LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2015 Reel 36619, frame 393 | Pacific Tech Link LLC | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47042, frame 938 | Cooledge Lighting Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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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
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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