Term ends Jan 14, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 14, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
Filed Dec 19, 2012 as application 13/719,848 · Granted Jan 14, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 14, 2009
Jan 14, 2009
Term ends
Jan 14, 2029
Jan 14, 2029
Granted
Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 14, 2009, when application 12/353,649, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 14, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,264,643 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,629,956 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 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.
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Jan 2029
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