Also listed on NTT, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 19, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 25, 2027
Held by NTT West, Inc.
Filed Nov 10, 2008 as application 12/300,203 · Granted Sep 13, 2011
Base term plus 421 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2007
Apr 25, 2007
Term ends
Jun 19, 2028
Jun 19, 2028
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Sep 13, 2011
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
421
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 421 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 Apr 25, 2007, when application PCT/JP2007/058924, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 10, 2008) | Apr 25, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +421 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 19, 2028 | 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 | Jun 19, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,019,468 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2008 Reel 21826, frame 364 | Hayashi, Takao; Sone, Hiroki; Kobayashi, Toyokazu; Yamada, Yoshinori; Inoue, Akiya; Tsujino, Masayuki; Kawano, Hiromichi | Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Kobayashi, Toyokazu; Sone, Hiroki; Yamada, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Takao; Inoue, Akiya; Tsujino, Masayuki; Kawano, Hiromichi | Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Kobayashi, Toyokazu; Sone, Hiroki; Yamada, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Takao; Inoue, Akiya; Tsujino, Masayuki; Kawano, Hiromichi | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Kobayashi, Toyokazu; Sone, Hiroki; Yamada, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Takao; Inoue, Akiya; Tsujino, Masayuki; Kawano, Hiromichi | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 20, 2026 Reel 74449, frame 589 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation | NTT West, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 421 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
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