Term ends Jul 16, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2029
Held by NEC Platforms, Ltd.
Filed Aug 30, 2010 as application 12/920,265 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2009
Mar 26, 2009
Term ends
Jul 16, 2029
Jul 16, 2029
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 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
112
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 112 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 26, 2009, when application PCT/JP2009/056851, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 30, 2010) | Mar 26, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 2029 | 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 16, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,338,940 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,956,915 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2010 Reel 24921, frame 764 | Yamazaki, Takao; Watanabe, Shinji; Masuda, Shizuaki; Suzuki, Katsuhiko | NEC Corporation; NEC Accesstechnica Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Masuda, Shizuaki; Suzuki, Katsuhiko; Watanabe, Shinji; Yamazaki, Takao | NEC Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Masuda, Shizuaki; Suzuki, Katsuhiko; Watanabe, Shinji; Yamazaki, Takao | NEC Accesstechnica Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34906, frame 402 | NEC Accesstechnica, Ltd.; NEC Infrontia Corporation | NEC Platforms, Ltd. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Feb 18, 2016 Reel 37767, frame 345 | NEC Corporation | NEC Platforms, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 16, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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