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Image Capturing Module and Optical Auxiliary Unit Thereof

US 9,411,136 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Larview Technologies Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 4, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Oct 29, 2013 as application 14/066,236 · Granted Aug 9, 2016
Base term plus 41 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2013
Term ends
Oct 4, 2033
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
base term after the term ends 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
41
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 9,077,880.
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 41 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 29, 2013, when this application, 14/066,236, was filedOct 29, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+41 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 9, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,077,880)capped to Oct 4, 2033High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 4, 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
Oct 29, 2013
Reel 31502, frame 920
Ferraris, Charles Ian DaduyaLarview Technologies Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2014
Reel 33634, frame 968
Larview Technologies Corp.Lite-on Technology CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Lite-on Technology CorporationLite-on Electronics (Guangzhou) LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Lite-on Technology CorporationLite-on Technology CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2016
Reel 38646, frame 875
Lite-on Technology CorporationLite-on Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited; Lite-on Technology CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2018
Reel 47490, frame 121
Lite-on Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited; Lite-on Technology CorporationLuxvisions Innovation LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 20, 2020
Reel 53250, frame 724
Luxvisions Innovation LimitedGuangzhou Luxvisions Innovation Technology LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2026
Reel 74245, frame 396
Guangzhou Luxvisions Innovation Technology LimitedLuxvisions Innovation Technology Corp. LimitedChange of Name

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

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