Term ended Jul 13, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 13, 2026
Held by Nera Innovations Limited
Filed Jul 13, 2006 as application 11/457,377 · Granted May 6, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 13, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2006
Jul 13, 2006
Term ended
Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
Granted
May 6, 2008
May 6, 2008
base term
after the term ends
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
3
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 13, 2006, when this application, 11/457,377, was filed | Jul 13, 2026 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 13, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,369,446 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/071941 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,751,256 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 26, 2006 Reel 18307, frame 134 | Chan, Johnny; Son, Jinshu | Atmel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2014 Reel 31912, frame 173 | Atmel Corporation | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 7, 2016 Reel 38376, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Atmel Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Feb 10, 2017 Reel 41715, frame 747 | Atmel Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2018 Reel 46426, frame 1 | Microchip Technology Incorporated; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.; Atmel Corporation; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 18, 2018 Reel 47103, frame 206 | Microchip Technology Incorporated; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.; Atmel Corporation; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2019 Reel 51398, frame 809 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated; Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2019 Reel 51398, frame 827 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated; Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2020 Reel 51799, frame 956 | Microchip Technology Inc.; Atmel Corporation; Microsemi Corporation | Sonrai Memory Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 25, 2022 Reel 59333, frame 222 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.; Atmel Corporation; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Microsemi Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2022 Reel 59262, frame 105 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2022 Reel 59358, frame 1 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.; Atmel Corporation; Microsemi Corporation; Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Microchip Technology Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Atmel Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Microsemi Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2024 Reel 66778, frame 178 | Sonrai Memory Limited | Nera Innovations Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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