Term ends Jan 29, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2035
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Filed Jun 29, 2018 as application 16/023,668 · Granted Dec 15, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2015
Jan 29, 2015
Term ends
Jan 29, 2035
Jan 29, 2035
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,043,041, US 9,444,827, to Jan 29, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 29, 2015, when application 14/608,438, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2018) | Jan 29, 2035 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,043,041, US 9,444,827) | resolves to Jan 29, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 29, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,444,827 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 10,043,041 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 10,867,078 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
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 9, 2018 Reel 47282, frame 463 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Supplement No. 9 to Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2019 Reel 50713, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2020 Reel 54311, frame 543 | Chritz, Jeremy B.; Schwinn, Graham G. | Pico Computing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 9, 2020 Reel 54311, frame 596 | Pico Computing, Inc. | Micron Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2023 Reel 65539, frame 112 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Lodestar Licensing Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 29, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,043,041, US 9,444,827, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.