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Method for Erasing Memory Cells in a Flash Memory Device Using a Positive Well Bias Voltage and a Negative Word Line Voltage

US 11,594,281 In force
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Term ends Dec 14, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jan 21, 2021 as application 17/154,241 · Granted Feb 28, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2006
Term ends
Dec 14, 2026
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
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Term adjustment
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 14, 2006, when application 11/610,573, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2021)Dec 14, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 14, 2026High 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 27, 2021
Reel 56409, frame 50
Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.MOSAID Technologies IncorporatedChange of Name

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