Term ends no later than Jun 29, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2029
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Paneltouch Technologies LLC
Filed Oct 31, 2016 as application 15/338,621 · Granted Aug 22, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2009
Jun 29, 2009
Ends no later than
Jun 29, 2029
Jun 29, 2029
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Aug 22, 2017
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
14
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 29, 2009, when application 12/493,391, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2016) | Jun 29, 2029 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jun 29, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,217,916 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,890,838 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,201,555 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,513,757 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,740,331 | this patent no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| US 9,939,954 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,133,410 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| US 10,338,737 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
8 of 14 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 17, 2023 Reel 65615, frame 327 | Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Apr 27, 2024 Reel 67245, frame 560 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America; Japan Display Inc. | Paneltouch Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends no later than Jun 29, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 29, 2029. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.