Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 11, 2026 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Oct 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 2, 2029
Held by Current Lighting Solutions, LLC
Filed Oct 1, 2010 as application 12/896,314 · Granted Apr 9, 2013
Base term plus 372 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2009
Oct 2, 2009
Term ends
Oct 9, 2030
Oct 9, 2030
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Apr 9, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
372
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
9
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 372 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Oct 2, 2009, when applications 12/572,339 and 12/572,480, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2010) | Oct 2, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +372 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 9, 2030 | 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 | Oct 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,103,507 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,593,040 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US D658,788 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2010/051109 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,414,151 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,951,938 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,360,166 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 9,618,165 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 9 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 6, 2010 Reel 25452, frame 411 | Allen, Gary R.; Dudik, David C.; Macdonald, Michael J. | GE Lighting Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2020 Reel 53095, frame 1 | Savant Systems, Inc.; Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59582, frame 748 | Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (FKA - GE Lighting Solutions, LLC) | Consumer Lighting, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2022 Reel 59910, frame 312 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Savant Systems, Inc.; Savant Technologies LLC; Racepoint Energy, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Savant Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Savant Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Racepoint Energy, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2022 Reel 59721, frame 943 | Consumer Lighting LLC | Savant Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 21, 2022 Reel 60390, frame 276 | GE Lighting Solutions, LLC | Current Lighting Solutions, LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 11, 2026 Reel 75090, frame 369 | Savant Technologies LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 9, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 372 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.