Term ends Sep 7, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 7, 2030
Held by Led-IP Management, LLC
Filed Jun 27, 2014 as application 14/318,430 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term plus 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 7, 2010
Sep 7, 2010
Term ends
Sep 7, 2030
Sep 7, 2030
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 2016
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
155
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,783,913.
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.
7
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 155 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Sep 7, 2010, when application 12/876,817, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 27, 2014) | Sep 7, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +155 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 9, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,783,913) | capped to Sep 7, 2030 | 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 | Sep 7, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,465,178 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US D672,908 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US D667,586 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US D667,587 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2011/050536 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,783,913 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,488,362 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
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 3, 2015 Reel 36948, frame 822 | Wilcox, Kurt S.; Guillien, Wayne; Tsao, Frank | Ruud Lighting, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2015 Reel 36948, frame 992 | Ruud Lighting, Inc. | Cree, Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 26, 2019 Reel 49880, frame 524 | Cree, Inc. | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2023 Reel 64897, frame 413 | Ideal Industries Lighting LLC | FGI Worldwide LLC | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2026 Reel 76279, frame 668 | Clna Holdings, LLC; Cree Lighting USA LLC; Cree Lighting Canada Corp.; E-Conolight LLC | Lumen Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2026 Reel 75624, frame 358 | Lumen Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Led-IP Management, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 7, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,783,913.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.