Term ends Apr 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 7, 2034
Held by Netlist, Inc.
Filed Aug 24, 2015 as application 14/834,395 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term plus 159 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Nov 7, 2014
Nov 7, 2014
Term ends
Apr 15, 2035
Apr 15, 2035
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
159
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
11
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 159 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Nov 7, 2014, when application 14/536,588, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2015) | Nov 7, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +159 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 15, 2035 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 15, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,380,022 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 10,198,350 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 10,838,646 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/026874 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,248,328 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,182,284 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,243,886 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,561,715 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2015 Reel 37150, frame 897 | Netlist, Inc. | Svic No. 28 New Technology Business Investment L.L.P. | Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2016 Reel 38300, frame 110 | Lee, Hyun | Netlist, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2023 Reel 65629, frame 328 | Svic. No. 28 New Technology Business Investment L.L.P. | Netlist, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 159 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.