Term ends May 27, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 29, 2026
Held by Lutronic Corporation
Filed Jun 20, 2008 as application 12/158,350 · Granted Nov 1, 2011
Base term plus 729 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
May 29, 2006
May 29, 2006
Term ends
May 27, 2028
May 27, 2028
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Nov 1, 2011
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
729
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.
3
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 729 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 May 29, 2006, when application PCT/KR2006/002043, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2008) | May 29, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +729 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 27, 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 | May 27, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,048,064 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,540,703 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2008 Reel 21937, frame 927 | Hwang, Hae Lyung; Gong, Sung Huan; Li, Jing Mei | Max Engineering Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 25, 2009 Reel 22310, frame 564 | Max Engineering Corporation | Lutronic Corporation | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 27, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 729 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
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.