Term ends Sep 24, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 24, 2028
Held by NLT Technologies, Ltd.
Filed Apr 17, 2013 as application 13/864,595 · Granted Nov 19, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2008
Sep 24, 2008
Term ends
Sep 24, 2028
Sep 24, 2028
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013
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.
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.
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. 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 Sep 24, 2008, when application 12/236,675, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2013) | Sep 24, 2028 | 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 | 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 | Sep 24, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,969,544 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,446,554 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,587,757 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,687,160 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,964,157 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 9,104,079 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 9,244,319 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30234, frame 375 | Uehara, Shinichi; Ikeno, Hidenori; Satou, Tetsushi | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30237, frame 728 | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | NLT Technologies, Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 24, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.