Also listed on IPS Alpha Support Co., Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 22, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2029
Held by Paneltouch Technologies LLC
Filed Jun 29, 2009 as application 12/493,391 · Granted Jul 10, 2012
Base term plus 572 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2009
Jun 29, 2009
Term ends
Jan 22, 2031
Jan 22, 2031
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
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
572
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.
14
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 572 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 Jun 29, 2009, when this application, 12/493,391, was filed | Jun 29, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +572 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 22, 2031 | 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 | Jan 22, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,217,916 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,890,838 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,201,555 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,513,757 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,740,331 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| US 9,939,954 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,133,410 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| US 10,338,737 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2009 Reel 22885, frame 818 | Anno, Kouichi | Hitachi Displays, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2011 Reel 27092, frame 684 | Hitachi Displays, Ltd. | IPS Alpha Support Co., Ltd. | Company Split Plan Transferring Fifty (50) Percent Share in Patent Applications |
| Oct 20, 2011 Reel 27093, frame 937 | IPS Alpha Support Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. | Merger |
| Aug 1, 2014 Reel 33461, frame 239 | Hitachi Displays, Ltd. | Japan Display East, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 1, 2014 Reel 33461, frame 331 | Japan Display East, Inc. | Japan Display Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 17, 2023 Reel 65615, frame 327 | Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Apr 27, 2024 Reel 67245, frame 560 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America; Japan Display Inc. | Paneltouch Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 22, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 572 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
82
later US patents cite this one
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