Term ends Jul 26, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 1, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by SK Hynix Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2019 as application 16/588,162 · Granted May 24, 2022
Base term plus 55 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2016
Jun 1, 2016
Term ends
Jul 26, 2036
Jul 26, 2036
Granted
May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022
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
55
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.
5
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 55 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 1, 2016, when application 15/170,285, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 1, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +55 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 26, 2036 | 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 | Jul 26, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,468,422 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 11,342,342 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 12,048,168 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| Application 18/756,056 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/569,693 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2019 Reel 50587, frame 843 | Lee, Ki Hong | SK Hynix Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 26, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 55 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 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.