Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2021 (Zilka Kotab, P.C.).
Term ends Mar 14, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2034
Held by Duelight LLC
Filed Mar 14, 2014 as application 13/999,678 · Granted Oct 31, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Term ends
Mar 14, 2034
Mar 14, 2034
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 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.
89
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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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 14, 2014, when this application, 13/999,678, was filed | Mar 14, 2034 | 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 | 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 | Mar 14, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,215,433 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,807,322 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,393,465 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 9,741,150 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 9,509,919 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 10,088,989 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,924,147 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 9,776,056 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
8 of 89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2016 Reel 37576, frame 883 | Feder, Adam Barry; Rivard, William Guie; Kindle, Brian J. | Duelight LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57043, frame 301 | Duelight, LLC | Zilka Kotab, P.c. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 14, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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