Term ends Jan 25, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 21, 2027
Held by Jdi Design and Development G.K.
Filed Jun 21, 2007 as application 11/766,281 · Granted Apr 16, 2019
Base term plus 949 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2007
Jun 21, 2007
Term ends
Jan 25, 2030
Jan 25, 2030
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
949
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 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.
6
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 949 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Jun 21, 2007, when this application, 11/766,281, was filed | Jun 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +949 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 25, 2030 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 25, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,263,192 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,960,360 | In force no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
| US 11,094,888 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,283,717 | In force no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
| US 11,152,574 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 11,678,571 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2007 Reel 19728, frame 336 | Kawamura, Masahiro; Kambe, Emiko; Nakamura, Akifumi; Kijima, Yasunori; Yoshinaga, Tadahiko; Matsunami, Shigeyuki | Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.; Sony Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Kawamura, Masahiro; Kambe, Emiko; Kijima, Yasunori; Matsunami, Shigeyuki; Nakamura, Akifumi; Yoshinaga, Tadahiko | Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Kawamura, Masahiro; Kambe, Emiko; Kijima, Yasunori; Matsunami, Shigeyuki; Nakamura, Akifumi; Yoshinaga, Tadahiko | Sony Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 16, 2017 Reel 43576, frame 315 | Sony Corporation | Joled Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71059, frame 449 | Joled Inc. | Jdi Design and Development G.K. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 25, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 949 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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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