Term ends Aug 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 12, 2027
Held by LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
Filed Jan 12, 2007 as application 11/652,948 · Granted Nov 11, 2014
Base term plus 941 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2007
Jan 12, 2007
Term ends
Aug 10, 2029
Aug 10, 2029
Granted
Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014
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
941
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.
32
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 941 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 Jan 12, 2007, when this application, 11/652,948, was filed | Jan 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +941 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2029 | 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 | Aug 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,883,354 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2011/001274 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/744,702 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,871,239 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| Application 15/130,660 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2016/027910 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2016/041798 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,381,623 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
8 of 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2012 Reel 28822, frame 276 | Optodot Corporation | Madico, Inc. | License |
| Sep 24, 2014 Reel 33809, frame 145 | Carlson, Steven Allen; Anakor, Ifenna Kingsley; Farrell, Greg Robert | Optodot Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37702, frame 410 | Madico, Inc. | Optodot Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57790, frame 713 | Optodot Corporation | United States Department of Energy | Confirmatory License |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 60000, frame 89 | Optodot Corporation | LG Energy Solution, Ltd. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 941 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
71
later US patents cite this one
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