Term ends Dec 11, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 11, 2038
Held by SK Hynix Inc.
Filed Aug 13, 2020 as application 16/992,424 · Granted Aug 2, 2022
USPTO first gave this application the number US 11,361,804 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2018
Dec 11, 2018
Term ends
Dec 11, 2038
Dec 11, 2038
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Aug 2, 2022
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 10,714,162, US 11,062,742, US 11,069,387, US 11,133,080, US 11,150,838, US 11,170,831, to Dec 11, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
14
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 Dec 11, 2018, when application 16/215,981, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2020) | Dec 11, 2038 | 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 10,714,162, US 11,062,742, US 11,069,387, US 11,133,080, US 11,150,838, US 11,170,831) | resolves to Dec 11, 2038, 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 | Dec 11, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,714,162 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,062,742 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,069,387 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,150,838 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,133,080 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,170,831 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,404,097 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,139,010 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2020 Reel 53485, frame 648 | Park, Chang Kyun; Koh, Young Sik; Park, Seung Jin; Lee, Dong Hyun | SK Hynix Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 11, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,714,162, US 11,062,742, US 11,069,387, US 11,133,080, US 11,150,838, US 11,170,831, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.