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Apparatus and Method for Verifying Reliability of Data Read from Memory Device Through Clock Modulation, and Memory System Including the Same

US 11,355,213 In force
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Term ends Aug 27, 2040 · High confidence

Filed May 6, 2020 as application 16/868,116 · Granted Jun 7, 2022
Base term plus 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
May 6, 2020
Term ends
Aug 27, 2040
Granted
Jun 7, 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
113
Days of term adjustment
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None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term runs 113 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 6, 2020, when this application, 16/868,116, was filedMay 6, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+113 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 27, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 27, 2040High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 7, 2020
Reel 52599, frame 698
Kim, Hyun-sub; Park, Ie-ryungSK Hynix Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 23, 2020
Reel 53012, frame 669
Kim, Hyun Sub; Park, Ie RyungSK Hynix Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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