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Terminal Apparatus, Base Station Apparatus, Communication Method, and Integrated Circuit

US 10,932,207 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on FG Innovation Company Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 15, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Aug 8, 2019 as application 16/484,565 · Granted Feb 23, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 15, 2018
Term ends
Feb 15, 2038
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 15, 2018, when application PCT/JP2018/005323, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2019)Feb 15, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 15, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,932,207this patent
Feb 2038
Feb 2038
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 8, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Liu, Liqing; Ouchi, Wataru; Suzuki, Shoichi; Yoshimura, TomokiSharp Kabushiki KaishaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 8, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Liu, Liqing; Ouchi, Wataru; Suzuki, Shoichi; Yoshimura, TomokiFG Innovation Company LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 8, 2019
Reel 50000, frame 954
Suzuki, Shoichi; Ouchi, Wataru; Yoshimura, Tomoki; Liu, LiqingSharp Kabushiki Kaisha; FG Innovation Company LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 13, 2022
Reel 62069, frame 43
FG Innovation Company Ltd.Daingean Technologies Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 2023
Reel 63686, frame 119
Sharp CorporationFG Innovation Company LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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