Term ends Mar 10, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 10, 2036
Held by GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
Filed Feb 10, 2017 as application 15/429,773 · Granted May 29, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2016
Mar 10, 2016
Term ends
Mar 10, 2036
Mar 10, 2036
Granted
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,937,274, to Mar 10, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 10, 2016, when application 15/065,894, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2017) | Mar 10, 2036 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,937,274) | resolves to Mar 10, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 10, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/134,954 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,937,274 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/021899 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,981,052 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,960,090 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 11,541,136 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 11,666,674 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
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 2, 2022 Reel 58982, frame 844 | Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Neetworks Inc.; Forum, Inc. | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 11, 2022 Reel 59034, frame 469 | Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc. | Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 19, 2024 Reel 66355, frame 455 | Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc. | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 10841994 to Patent Number 11570872 Previously Recorded on Reel 058982 Frame 0844. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Jan 25, 2024 Reel 66372, frame 590 | Hubbell Lighting, Inc.; Litecontrol Corporation; Current Lighting Solutions, LLC; Daintree Networks Inc.; Forum, Inc. | Atlantic Park Strategic Capital Fund, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 059034 Frame: 0469. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 10, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,937,274, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.