Term ends Dec 23, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2029
Held by Solidigm Inc.
Filed Nov 12, 2014 as application 14/539,866 · Granted Nov 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2009
Dec 23, 2009
Term ends
Dec 23, 2029
Dec 23, 2029
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Nov 20, 2018
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 23, 2009, when application 12/646,719, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 12, 2014) | Dec 23, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High 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 | Dec 23, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,914,568 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/058246 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,134,471 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 16/172,104 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2015 Reel 34898, frame 515 | Chinnaswamy, Kumar K.; Osborne, Randy B.; Peter, Erik W. | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 10, 2023 Reel 62702, frame 48 | Intel Corporation | SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2026 Reel 76656, frame 1 | SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. | Solidigm Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 23, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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