Term ends Jul 18, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 29, 2027
Held by NLT Technologies, Ltd.
Filed Mar 29, 2007 as application 11/727,971 · Granted Aug 10, 2010
Base term plus 477 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2007
Mar 29, 2007
Term ends
Jul 18, 2028
Jul 18, 2028
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
477
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.
4
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 477 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 Mar 29, 2007, when this application, 11/727,971, was filed | Mar 29, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +477 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 18, 2028 | 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 | Jul 18, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,772,645 | this patent Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,080,850 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
| US 8,431,447 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,779,512 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2007 Reel 19186, frame 909 | Mori, Shigeru | NEC Corporation; NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Mori, Shigeru | NEC Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Mori, Shigeru | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 7, 2010 Reel 24495, frame 216 | NEC Corporation | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2011 Reel 27189, frame 669 | NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. | NLT Technologies, Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 18, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 477 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.