Term ends Apr 7, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2039
Held by SK hynix Inc
Filed Jul 6, 2021 as application 17/368,652 · Granted Mar 7, 2023
Base term plus 99 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2040
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2019
Dec 30, 2019
Term ends
Apr 7, 2040
Apr 7, 2040
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
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
99
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.
13
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 99 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 30, 2019, when application 16/730,826, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2021) | Dec 30, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +99 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 7, 2040 | 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 | Apr 7, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,257,530 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,264,086 | In force Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,355,213 | In force Aug 2040 | Aug 2040 |
| US 11,501,808 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,507,310 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,600,311 | this patent Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| US 11,646,068 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 12,051,470 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2040
Term ends Apr 7, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 99 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.