Also listed on Vitex Systems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 27, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2028
Held by Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Filed Dec 22, 2008 as application 12/341,251 · Granted Nov 10, 2015
Base term plus 633 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2008
Dec 22, 2008
Term ends
Mar 27, 2030
Mar 27, 2030
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 2015
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
633
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,337,446.
2 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.
This patent's term runs 633 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 22, 2008, when this application, 12/341,251, was filed | Dec 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +633 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 16, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,337,446) | capped to Mar 27, 2030 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 27, 2030 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2009 Reel 22397, frame 331 | Visser, Robert Jan; Moro, Lorenza | Vitex Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2010 Reel 25524, frame 860 | Vitex Systems, Inc. | Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2012 Reel 28912, frame 83 | Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd. | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | Merger |
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 2030
Term ends Mar 27, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 633 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,337,446.
Citations
70
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.