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Lighting Unit and Method of Controlling

US 9,839,206 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 1, 2021 (Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC).

Term ends Aug 31, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Ecotech, LLC
Filed Jun 22, 2012 as application 13/530,916 · Granted Dec 12, 2017
Base term plus 800 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2034
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2012
Term ends
Aug 31, 2034
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
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
800
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
6
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 800 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 22, 2012, when this application, 13/530,916, was filedJun 22, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+800 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 31, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 31, 2034High confidence

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US 12,564,178In force
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5 of 6 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 29, 2012
Reel 28869, frame 319
Lawyer, Justin; Clasen, Patrick; Marks, Timothy; Lindenmoyer, MarkEcotech Marine, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 16, 2015
Reel 37045, frame 676
Ecotech Marine LLCM&T BankSecurity Interest
Mar 9, 2021
Reel 55529, frame 967
Ecotech Marine, LLCEcotech, LLCChange of Name
Nov 1, 2021
Reel 57976, frame 278
Et Husk, LLC; Ecotech, LLCTwin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
May 22, 2026
Reel 74746, frame 280
M&T BankEcotech LLC, Successor in Title to Ecotech Marine LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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