Term ends May 5, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 5, 2028
Held by Luminus Devices, Inc.
Filed May 5, 2008 as application 12/115,497 · Granted Aug 24, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 5, 2008
May 5, 2008
Term ends
May 5, 2028
May 5, 2028
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
Aug 24, 2010
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.
3 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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 5, 2008, when this application, 12/115,497, was filed | May 5, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 5, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,781,779 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,217,402 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application 13/536,586 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2009 Reel 22319, frame 842 | Nemchuk, Nikolay I. | Luminus Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2015 Reel 36869, frame 355 | Luminus Devices, Inc. | East West Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2018 Reel 45020, frame 103 | East West Bank | Luminus Devices, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 5, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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