Homeotropic alignment type liquid crystal display device

US RE43,217 In force

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Term ends Apr 12, 2027 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Named at grant Casio Computer Co., Ltd. · find this owner

Filed Oct 21, 2010 as application 12/909,273 · Granted Feb 28, 2012

Base term plus 381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Apr 12, 2027

2006 2027

Clock starts
Mar 27, 2006

Term ends
Apr 12, 2027

Granted
Feb 28, 2012

base term patent term adjustment 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

381

Days of term adjustment

Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. 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 the original patent's grant, which is not on record here. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 Mar 27, 2006, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 21, 2010)	Mar 27, 2026	High confidence
Continuity chain	A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment	follows the original patent	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	+381 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries none	Apr 12, 2027	Medium 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	Apr 12, 2027	From the USPTO record

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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

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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

Homeotropic alignment type liquid crystal display device

Term ends Apr 12, 2027 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended Mar 27, 2026

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