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Maxell, Ltd.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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1,675 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
19 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record

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Patent families

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Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Image Projection Apparatus Configured to Project an Image on a Road Surface US 11,247,605
Cited by 33 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data. Protection runs to 2036.
Ends Apr 2036 · High confidence Also notable
Image Decoding Device and Method Thereof Using Inter-Coded Predictive Encoding Code US 8,787,456
Cited by 82 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.
Ends Feb 2029 · High confidence Also notable
Television Receiver with a TV Phone Function US 8,363,087
Cited by 71 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
Ends Feb 2031 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 1,067 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Portable Terminal, Information Processing Apparatus, Content Display System and Content Display Method22 in forceto Dec 2028
Display Apparatus18 in forceto Sep 2031
Television Receiver with a TV Phone Function12 in forceto Feb 2031
Display Apparatus and Video Processing Apparatus10 in forceto Mar 2032
Projection Video Display Apparatus with Variable Light Adjustment for Multi-Screen Projection Mode9 in forceto Mar 2036

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 8,289,450Video Processing Apparatus with Corrector for Correcting an Input Video Signal
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,562,231Apparatus and System for Recording and Reproducing Contents
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,436,140Image Display Device and Stand for Image Display Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,505,392An Optical Disk with a Plurality of Radially Extending Marks for Recording Reflectance Data of the Optical Disk
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,073,312Recorder Equipped with Dubbing Function
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,644,265Content Transmitting Device, Content Receiving Device and Content Transmitting Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,111,983Camera
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,036,523Focus Adjustment Device, Imaging Device and Focus Adjustment Method
In force
 · Low confidence
In forceLow confidence
US 7,457,512Information Recording Device
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,567,301Flat Panel Television
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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