Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 23, 2024
Held by Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc. and Seagate Technology LLC
Filed Apr 23, 2004 as application 10/831,661 · Granted Feb 9, 2010
Base term plus 996 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2004
Apr 23, 2004
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010
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
996
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,330,999.
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.
This patent's term runs 996 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Apr 23, 2004, when this application, 10/831,661, was filed | Apr 23, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +996 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 14, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,330,999) | capped to Dec 11, 2026 | 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 | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
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 1, 2004 Reel 15752, frame 593 | Davies, Ian Robert; Kawitz, George Alexander; Pecone, Victor Key | Dot Hill Systems Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2006 Reel 17744, frame 591 | Dot Hill Systems Corporation | Dot Hill Systems Corporation | Change of Address |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70047, frame 397 | Dot Hill Systems Corp.; Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc.; Seagate Cloud Systems LLC | Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc.; Seagate Cloud Systems LLC; Seagate Technology LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Dot Hill Systems Corp.; Seagate Cloud Systems LLC; Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc. | Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Dot Hill Systems Corp.; Seagate Cloud Systems LLC; Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc. | Seagate Cloud Systems LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Dot Hill Systems Corp.; Seagate Cloud Systems LLC; Seagate Cloud Systems, Inc. | Seagate Technology LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 996 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,330,999.
Citations
83
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.