Also listed on BOE Optical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 30, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2034
Filed Apr 7, 2015 as application 14/433,977 · Granted Sep 19, 2017
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2014
Aug 21, 2014
Term ends
Oct 30, 2034
Oct 30, 2034
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Sep 19, 2017
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
70
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 70 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Aug 21, 2014, when application PCT/CN2014/084933, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2015) | Aug 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 2034 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 30, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,769,903 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Hu, Nianfa; Shen, Hui; Xie, Wei; Zhao, Qingyang | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Hu, Nianfa; Shen, Hui; Xie, Wei; Zhao, Qingyang | BOE Optical Science and Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2015 Reel 35348, frame 947 | Hu, Nianfa; Zhao, Qingyang; Xie, Wei; Shen, Hui | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; BOE Optical Science and Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; BOE Optical Science and Technology Co. Ltd. | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; BOE Optical Science and Technology Co. Ltd. | Beijing BOE Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2021 Reel 58281, frame 563 | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; BOE Optical Science and Technology Co. Ltd. | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 6, 2024 Reel 68889, frame 413 | Beijing BOE Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | BOE Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Sep 6, 2024 Reel 68517, frame 636 | BOE Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 30, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
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
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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.