Sharp Corporation
446 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
Recorded under 3 name spellings.
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Ending by 2030
Aug 2027
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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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.
- 1 fee due Jul 28, 2027The maintenance fee for Display Apparatus (US 10,547,026) comes due Jul 28, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 28, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027The maintenance fee for Image Decoding Device (US 11,968,396) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 7, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods for Deriving a Motion Vector Prediction in Video Coding (US 11,979,599) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 9 terms have ended 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.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 8,971,458 | Space-Time/Space-Frequency Coding for Multi-Site and Multi-Beam Transmission In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,097,246 | Transform-Domain Feedback Signaling for MIMO Communication In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,102,814 | Controllable device for phase modulation of coherent light In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,882,499 | Switching power supply circuit with reduced noise and potential stabilization of stable potential nodes In force · From the USPTO record | In force | From the USPTO record | |
| US 9,613,587 | Apparatus and Method for Adaptive Image Rendering Based on Ambient Light Levels In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,547,026 | Display Apparatus In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,968,396 | Image Decoding Device In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 12,096,008 | Image Decoding Apparatus In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 11,979,599 | Methods for Deriving a Motion Vector Prediction in Video Coding In force · Low confidence | In force | Low confidence | |
| US 12,219,170 | Methods for Deriving a Motion Vector Prediction in Video Coding In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 12: 446 patents in force now held by others · 80 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 1,035 ended at full term · 3 surrendered on reissue. 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.
Published applications
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.
9 abandoned · 8 no status recorded