Also listed on Jemitek Electronics Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 18, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 21, 2025
Held by Innolux Corporation
Filed Dec 21, 2005 as application 11/275,291 · Granted Jan 18, 2011
USPTO first gave this application the number US 7,639,314 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 818 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2005
Dec 21, 2005
Term ends
Mar 18, 2028
Mar 18, 2028
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Jan 18, 2011
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
818
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 818 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 Dec 21, 2005, when this application, 11/275,291, was filed | Dec 21, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +818 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 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 | Mar 18, 2028 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2005 Reel 16930, frame 156 | Yu, Chuan-pei; Hsiao, Chung-liang | Jemitek Electronics Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2007 Reel 19414, frame 598 | Jemitek Electronics Corp. | Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Innolux Display Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Jemitek Electronics Corp. | Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Jemitek Electronics Corp. | Innolux Display Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2014 Reel 32672, frame 685 | Innolux Display Corp. | Chimei Innolux Corporation | Change of Name |
| Apr 13, 2014 Reel 32672, frame 746 | Chimei Innolux Corporation | Innolux Corporation | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 18, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 818 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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.