17 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.
The next term ends in Jan 2028. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Jan 2028
Next term end
17
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Mar 2035 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2035 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2033 · High confidence
Steering Device
US 9,242,667
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 28 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data. Protection runs to 2035.
Steering Device
US 9,327,755
Cited by 22 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2035.
Steering Column Apparatus
US 8,887,596
Cited by 19 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2033.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Nov 14, 2026The maintenance fee for Steering Column Device (US 10,286,944) comes due Nov 14, 2026. Unpaid by May 14, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jul 26, 2027The maintenance fee for Steering Device (US 9,242,667) comes due Jul 26, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 26, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 3, 2027The maintenance fee for Steering Device (US 9,327,755) comes due Nov 3, 2027. Unpaid by May 3, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
What they patent
The 2 largest of its 17 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Steering Column Device (2022) | 1 in force | to Oct 2041 |
| Steering Column Device (2022) | 1 in force | to May 2041 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,650,849 | Indicator for A/T Vehicle held by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,678,435 | Steering Column Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,887,596 | Steering Column Apparatus In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,967,016 | Steering Column Apparatus In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,376,135 | Steering Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,242,667 | Steering Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,327,755 | Steering Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,376,137 | Steering Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,246,119 | Steering Column Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,889,875 | Steering Column Device In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 17: 11 patents ended · 3 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.