Also listed on Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 6, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 23, 2024
Held by Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Filed Jan 23, 2004 as application 10/764,321 · Granted Aug 26, 2008
Base term plus 1048 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jan 23, 2004
Jan 23, 2004
Term ends
Dec 6, 2026
Dec 6, 2026
Granted
Aug 26, 2008
Aug 26, 2008
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
1,048
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
This patent's term runs 1048 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jan 23, 2004, when this application, 10/764,321, was filed | Jan 23, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1048 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 6, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 6, 2026 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2004 Reel 14935, frame 742 | Chang, Ching-wei | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2008 Reel 21502, frame 855 | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 6, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1048 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 below the median of utility patents granted in 2008 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.