Term ends no later than Jun 27, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 21, 2027
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Jdi Design and Development G.K.
Filed Sep 30, 2015 as application 14/871,055 · Granted May 1, 2018
Base term plus 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2007
Jun 21, 2007
Ends no later than
Jun 27, 2027
Jun 27, 2027
Granted
May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
6
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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 6 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jun 21, 2007, when application 11/766,281, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2015) | Jun 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +6 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jun 27, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,263,192 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,960,360 | this patent no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
| US 11,094,888 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,283,717 | In force no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
| US 11,152,574 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 11,678,571 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2017 Reel 43576, frame 315 | Sony Corporation | Joled Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71059, frame 449 | Joled Inc. | Jdi Design and Development G.K. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends no later than Jun 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 27, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.