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LED Light Assembly Having Three-Part Optical Elements

US 9,659,511 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 17, 2017 (Partners for Growth V, L.P.).

Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jul 21, 2016 as application 15/216,562 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
May 23, 2017
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/836,517, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2016)Mar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2033High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 12, 2016
Reel 39706, frame 164
Auyeung, David Siucheong; Ultravision Holdings, LLC; Hall, William Y.; Magarill, SimonUltravision Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 17, 2017
Reel 44166, frame 233
Ultravision Technologies, LLCPartners for Growth V, L.P.Security Interest
Jan 4, 2021
Reel 54887, frame 804
Partners for Growth V, L.P.Longford Capital Fund II, LPAssignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Mar 25, 2021
Reel 56583, frame 944
Ultravision Technologies, LLCPartners for Growth V, L.P.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent No. 8840413 Previously Recorded at Reel: 044166 Frame: 0233. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest .

Sources

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