Also listed on Clairvoyante, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 4, 2026
Held by Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Filed Oct 4, 2007 as application 11/910,649 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term plus 1068 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2006
Apr 4, 2006
Term ends
Mar 7, 2029
Mar 7, 2029
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
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
1,068
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.
2
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 1068 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 Apr 4, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/012521, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2007) | Apr 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1068 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 7, 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 | Mar 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/012521 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,704,847 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 6, 2007 Reel 20205, frame 377 | Higgins, Michael Francis; Han, Seokjin; Brown Elliott, Candice Hellen | Clairvoyante, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2008 Reel 20723, frame 613 | Clairvoyante, Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2012 Reel 28987, frame 805 | Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 7, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1068 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.