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Light Disinfection System and Method

US 11,541,136 In force
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Term ends Jul 7, 2036 · Low confidence

Filed Sep 21, 2020 as application 17/026,859 · Granted Jan 3, 2023
Base term plus 119 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2016
Term ends
Jul 7, 2036
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
119
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 10,960,090, to Jul 7, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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 119 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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 10, 2016, when application 15/065,894, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 21, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Mar 10, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+119 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 7, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,960,090)resolves to Jul 7, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 15429773, 15429773Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 7, 2036Low confidence

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Application 62/134,954Provisional application
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US 9,937,274In force
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Application PCT/US2016/021899PCT application
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US 9,981,052In force
Mar 2036
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US 10,960,090In force
Jul 2036
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US 11,541,136this patent
Jul 2036
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US 11,666,674In force
Mar 2036
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 2, 2022
Reel 58982, frame 844
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Neetworks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Feb 11, 2022
Reel 59034, frame 469
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 19, 2024
Reel 66355, frame 455
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 10841994 to Patent Number 11570872 Previously Recorded on Reel 058982 Frame 0844. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Jan 25, 2024
Reel 66372, frame 590
Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc.Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 059034 Frame: 0469. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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