Term ends Oct 8, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 6, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nichia Corporation
Filed Nov 13, 2020 as application 17/097,459 · Granted Mar 28, 2023
Base term plus 244 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 6, 2009
Feb 6, 2009
Term ends
Oct 8, 2029
Oct 8, 2029
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Mar 28, 2023
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
244
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
9
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 244 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 6, 2009, when application PCT/JP2009/052099, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +244 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 8, 2029 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 8, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,491,816 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,541,238 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 10,011,769 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 10,858,582 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 11,613,698 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 11,873,435 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 12,084,609 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 18/783,735 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 Reel 55312, frame 113 | Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. | Nichia Corporation | Partial Assignment |
| Jan 14, 2025 Reel 69847, frame 593 | Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. | Nichia Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 8, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 244 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.