Term ends Aug 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2027
Held by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Filed Apr 26, 2007 as application 11/740,901 · Granted Feb 16, 2010
Base term plus 476 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2007
Apr 26, 2007
Term ends
Aug 14, 2028
Aug 14, 2028
Granted
Feb 16, 2010
Feb 16, 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
476
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.
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 runs 476 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 Apr 26, 2007, when this application, 11/740,901, was filed | Apr 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +476 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 14, 2028 | 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 | Aug 14, 2028 | 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 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,663,961 | this patent 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
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 476 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.