Term ends Mar 8, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Azumo, Inc.
Filed Nov 21, 2014 as application 14/550,510 · Granted Dec 20, 2016
Base term plus 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
Term ends
Mar 8, 2030
Mar 8, 2030
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 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
41
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,764,262, to Mar 8, 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.
10
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 41 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jan 26, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/022066, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +41 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 8, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,764,262) | resolves to Mar 8, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High 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 | Mar 8, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,905,610 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,764,262 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,523,807 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,175,413 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,466,409 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 10,935,716 | In force (reinstated) no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| US 11,256,025 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 11,640,026 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2015 Reel 34920, frame 377 | Nichol, Anthony John; Coleman, Zane A. | Flex Lighting II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2022 Reel 61065, frame 860 | Azumo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Azumo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Azumo, Inc. | Wti Fund X, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2025 Reel 74291, frame 241 | Flex Lighting II, LLC | Azumo, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 8, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,764,262, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.