Lapsed Apr 1, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 24, 2028
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by NLT Technologies, Ltd.
Filed Oct 8, 2013 as application 14/048,561 · Granted Apr 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 1, 2026
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2008
Sep 24, 2008
No longer in force
Apr 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014
Term would have run to
Sep 24, 2028
Sep 24, 2028
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
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.
Its term would have run to Sep 24, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Oct 8, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 1, 2026 | 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 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,687,160 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2013 Reel 31374, frame 484 | Uehara, Shinichi; Ikeno, Hidenori; Satou, Tetsushi | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2013 Reel 31394, frame 370 | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | NLT Technologies, Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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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