Maintenance fees coming due

Silicon Motion Inc.

215 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 15, 2026, the next on Nov 30, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 1, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 11,664,056	Method and Apparatus for Accessing to Data in Response to Power-Supply Event Silicon Motion, Inc. In force Fee due Nov 30, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 1, 2027 Term ends Dec 1, 2040 · High confidence	Silicon Motion, Inc.	In force	Nov 30, 2026	Jun 1, 2027	Term ends Dec 1, 2040	High confidence
US 10,310,746	Method, Associated Memory Device and Controller Thereof for Performing Dynamic Resource Management Silicon Motion Inc. In force Fee due Dec 4, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 4, 2027 Term ends Feb 10, 2038 · High confidence	Silicon Motion Inc.	In force	Dec 4, 2026	Jun 4, 2027	Term ends Feb 10, 2038	High confidence
US 11,668,749	Method for Eliminating Fake Faults in Gate-Level Simulation Silicon Motion, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 6, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 7, 2027 Term ends Sep 30, 2041 · High confidence	Silicon Motion, Inc.	In force	Dec 6, 2026	Jun 7, 2027	Term ends Sep 30, 2041	High confidence
US 10,320,417	Decoding Method and Related Apparatus Silicon Motion Inc. In force Fee due Dec 11, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 11, 2027 Term ends Jul 28, 2037 · High confidence	Silicon Motion Inc.	In force	Dec 11, 2026	Jun 11, 2027	Term ends Jul 28, 2037	High confidence
US 11,675,698	Apparatus and Method and Computer Program Product for Handling Flash Physical-Resource Sets Silicon Motion, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 13, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 14, 2027 Term ends Jan 2, 2040 · High confidence	Silicon Motion, Inc.	In force	Dec 13, 2026	Jun 14, 2027	Term ends Jan 2, 2040	High confidence
US 10,324,645	Data Storage Device and Data Storage Method Thereof Silicon Motion, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Mar 29, 2037 · High confidence	Silicon Motion, Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Mar 29, 2037	High confidence
US 10,324,786	Method for Managing Data Stored in Flash Memory and Associated Memory Device and Controller Silicon Motion Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Aug 9, 2033 · High confidence	Silicon Motion Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Aug 9, 2033	High confidence
US 10,324,789	Flash Memory Controller and Memory Device for Accessing Flash Memory Module, and Associated Method Silicon Motion Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Aug 10, 2036 · High confidence	Silicon Motion Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Aug 10, 2036	High confidence
US 11,681,615	Garbage Collection Operation Management Based on Overall Valid Page Percentage of Source Block and Candidate Source Block Silicon Motion, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 20, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Feb 18, 2041 · High confidence	Silicon Motion, Inc.	In force	Dec 20, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Feb 18, 2041	High confidence
US 11,687,290	Method for Improve Read Disturbance Phenomenon of Flash Memory Module and Associated Flash Memory Controller and Electronic Device Silicon Motion, Inc. In force Fee due Dec 27, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 28, 2027 Term ends Jan 31, 2042 · High confidence	Silicon Motion, Inc.	In force	Dec 27, 2026	Jun 28, 2027	Term ends Jan 31, 2042	High confidence
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