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Multi-Step Hinge and Portable Terminal Having Same

US 7,536,751 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Laird Technologies Korea Yh, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 23, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jun 1, 2007 as application 11/806,535 · Granted May 26, 2009
Base term plus 144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2007
Term ends
Oct 23, 2027
Granted
May 26, 2009
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
144
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.
2
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 144 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 1, 2007, when this application, 11/806,535, was filedJun 1, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 23, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 23, 2027High confidence

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US 7,536,751this patent
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Application 12/472,182Abandoned
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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
Oct 19, 2007
Reel 19986, frame 636
Kim, Chang SooM2SYS Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 3, 2008
Reel 21035, frame 125
M2SYS Co., Ltd.Laird Technologies Map Co., Ltd.Change of Name
Sep 3, 2009
Reel 23192, frame 293
Laird Technologies Map Co., Ltd.Laird Technologies Korea YhChange of Name
Aug 8, 2013
Reel 30971, frame 649
Laird Technologies Korea YhFirst Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 18, 2014
Reel 32714, frame 206
First Technologies, LLCSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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