Term ended Aug 3, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 26, 2026
Held by SK Hynix Inc.
Filed Jul 26, 2006 as application 11/460,071 · Granted Jun 10, 2008
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Aug 3, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2006
Jul 26, 2006
Term ended
Aug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026
Granted
Jun 10, 2008
Jun 10, 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
8
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
18
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 8 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jul 26, 2006, when this application, 11/460,071, was filed | Jul 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 2026 | 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 | Aug 3, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,742,519 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,385,862 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,249,161 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,954,017 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,589,507 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 8,605,098 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 8,296,497 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,108,744 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2006 Reel 18335, frame 790 | Dubey, Prashant | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2013 Reel 31826, frame 530 | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 14, 2014 Reel 32445, frame 56 | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | SK Hynix Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
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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