Term ends Apr 26, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2027
Held by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Filed Apr 26, 2007 as application 11/740,892 · Granted Oct 28, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2007
Apr 26, 2007
Term ends
Apr 26, 2027
Apr 26, 2027
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Oct 28, 2008
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.
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.
11
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 are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 26, 2007, when this application, 11/740,892, was filed | Apr 26, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 26, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,516,274 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 7,412,570 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,533,242 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,904,659 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 7,899,990 | In force no later than Jul 2028 | no later than Jul 2028 |
| US 7,958,312 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 7,443,759 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,663,961 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2007 Reel 19346, frame 963 | Rowlands, Joseph B.; Moll, Laurent R.; Favor, John Gregory; Fung, Daniel | Montalvo Systems | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2008 Reel 21731, frame 700 | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2011 Reel 26795, frame 644 | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Sun Microsystems Technology Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 021731 Frame 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignees Are Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems Technology LTD. |
| Aug 23, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 021731 Frame 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignees Are Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems Technology LTD. |
| Aug 23, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems Technology Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 021731 Frame 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignees Are Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems Technology LTD. |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
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