Lapsed Jul 20, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 30, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 30, 2007 as application 11/847,986 · Granted Jul 20, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 20, 2022
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2007
Aug 30, 2007
No longer in force
Jul 20, 2022
Jul 20, 2022
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Jul 20, 2010
Term would have run to
Aug 30, 2027
Aug 30, 2027
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
24
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 30, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 30, 2007, when this application, 11/847,986, was filed | Aug 30, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 20, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 20, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,761,626 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 7,761,623 | this patent Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 8,806,116 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,370,547 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 8,370,548 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| US 8,949,555 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 8,341,300 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 8,689,042 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2007 Reel 19771, frame 717 | Karamcheti, Vijay; Ganapathy, Kumar; Okin, Kenneth Alan; Parekh, Rajesh | Virident Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2007 Reel 19927, frame 563 | Virident Systems, Inc. | Spansion LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24522, frame 338 | Spansion LLC; Spansion Inc.; Spansion Technology Inc.; Spansion Technology LLC | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Agreement |
| Jul 23, 2013 Reel 30875, frame 144 | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion LLC; Spansion Inc.; Spansion Technology Inc.; Spansion Technology LLC | Release of Lien on Patent |
| Jul 23, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion LLC | Release of Lien on Patent |
| Jul 23, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion Inc. | Release of Lien on Patent |
| Jul 23, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion Technology Inc. | Release of Lien on Patent |
| Jul 23, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion Technology LLC | Release of Lien on Patent |
| Jul 26, 2013 Reel 30886, frame 471 | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion LLC; Spansion Inc.; Spansion Technology Inc.; Spansion Technology LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2013 Reel 30886, frame 678 | Spansion LLC | Virident Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion Technology Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Spansion Technology LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2019 Reel 48196, frame 580 | Virident Systems, Inc. | Virident Systems, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 9, 2020 Reel 53180, frame 472 | Virident Systems, LLC | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2020 Reel 53926, frame 446 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 58966, frame 321 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel 053926 Frame 0446 |
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