Term ends Mar 19, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sunlighten, LLC
Filed Aug 16, 2022 as application 17/820,126 · Granted Jul 4, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2008
Mar 19, 2008
Term ends
Mar 19, 2028
Mar 19, 2028
Granted
Jul 4, 2023
Jul 4, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
8
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. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 Mar 19, 2008, when application 12/051,521, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 19, 2028 | 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 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 19, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,588,593 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,676,044 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,744,098 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 10,376,442 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 10,874,586 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 11,419,787 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 11,690,782 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62131, frame 312 | O'keeffe, James T.; Zack, Aaron Michael; Ku, Martin C.; Kuklenski, Ian Richard; Murray, Steven J. | Sunlighten, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2024 Reel 68087, frame 41 | Sunlighten, Inc. | Sunlighten, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
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