Term ended Oct 15, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 8, 2032
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,725,744), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Newlight Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 28, 2015 as application 14/698,670 · Granted Aug 13, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Oct 15, 2023
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 8, 2012
Mar 8, 2012
Term ended
Oct 15, 2023
Oct 15, 2023
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,071,342, US 8,703,470, US 8,735,113, US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744, US 9,850,508.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Mar 8, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/028210, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2015) | Mar 8, 2032 | 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 8,071,342, US 8,703,470, US 8,735,113, US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744, US 9,850,508) | capped to Oct 15, 2023 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 15, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,040,267 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,378,030 | this patent Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Application 15/614,194 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/866,154 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2019 Reel 51001, frame 525 | Herrema, Markus | Newlight Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,071,342, US 8,703,470, US 8,735,113, US 9,040,267, US 9,725,744, US 9,850,508.
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 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
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