Also listed on Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 15, 2021 (Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP).
Term ends Feb 22, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 25, 2027
Held by Unification Technologies LLC
Filed Jan 25, 2007 as application 11/657,650 · Granted Dec 1, 2009
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 25, 2007
Jan 25, 2007
Term ends
Feb 22, 2027
Feb 22, 2027
Granted
Dec 1, 2009
Dec 1, 2009
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
28
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.
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 runs 28 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jan 25, 2007, when this application, 11/657,650, was filed | Jan 25, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 2027 | 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 | Feb 22, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,626,230 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,825,461 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,012,829 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2007 Reel 18848, frame 855 | Joo, Kyung Joong; Kim, Han Soo | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2018 Reel 47702, frame 815 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2019 Reel 48917, frame 927 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Document Attached Previously Recorded on Reel 047702 Frame 0815. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 5, 2020 Reel 52095, frame 903 | Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC | Acacia Research Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2020 Reel 52096, frame 225 | Acacia Research Group LLC | Unification Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 52853, frame 153 | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53654, frame 254 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | American Vehicular Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Cellular Communications Equipment LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Innovative Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Lifeport Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Limestone Memory Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Monarch Networking Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Nexus Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | R2 Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Saint Lawrence Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Stingray IP Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Super Interconnect Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Teleconference Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 15, 2021 Reel 58134, frame 1 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Unification Technologies LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 053654 Frame: 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 15, 2021 Reel 58223, frame 1 | Unification Technologies LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 052853 Frame: 0153. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Security Agreement. |
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 22, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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