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73 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 3 fees due Feb 1 to 13, 2027 · next Feb 1
  • 2 fees due Mar 5 to 15, 2027 · next Mar 5
  • 2 fees due Apr 3 to 17, 2027 · next Apr 3
  • 1 fee due May 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for transferring micro light emitting diodes (US 11,810,809) comes due May 7, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 8, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for controlling light emission of a light emitting device, and a driving system implementing the method (US 9,226,358) comes due Jun 29, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jul 16 to 21, 2027 · next Jul 16
  • 1 fee due Aug 16, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Power factor-corrected resonant converter and parallel power factor-corrected resonant converter (US 9,263,941) comes due Aug 16, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 16, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Sep 12, 2027

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Recent changes

  • 5 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,479,738Drive circuit for light emitting diode
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US 7,715,216Powering circuit of AC-DC converter
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US 7,777,703Illuminating device and luminance switching device thereof
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,915,836Light-emitting diode driving circuit
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,213,190Single-stage isolated high power factor AC/DC converter with leakage inductor energy recovery function
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US 8,193,757Photovoltaic circuit
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US 8,344,636Fixed frequency dimming method and fixed frequency dimming circuit for light emitting module
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US 8,422,253Circuit regulator and synchronous timing pulse generation circuit thereof
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US 8,300,433Isolated primary circuit regulator
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US 8,321,714Serial controller and bi-directional serial controller
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 73: 3 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 2 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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