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El Display Device

US 9,262,959 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 20, 2023 (Incj, Ltd.).

Term ends May 29, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Joled Inc.
Filed Mar 5, 2013 as application 13/785,128 · Granted Feb 16, 2016
Base term plus 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2013
Term ends
May 29, 2033
Granted
Feb 16, 2016
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
85
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 85 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 5, 2013, when this application, 13/785,128, was filedMar 5, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+85 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 29, 2033High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 17, 2014
Reel 31990, frame 547
Tsuge, HitoshiPanasonic CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 12, 2015
Reel 35187, frame 483
Panasonic CorporationJoled Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 20, 2023
Reel 63396, frame 671
Joled, Inc.Incj, Ltd.Security Interest
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 64067, frame 723
Joled, Inc.Joled, Inc.Correction by Affidavit Filed Against Reel/Frame 063396/0671

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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