Also listed on SanDisk, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 20, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 3, 2026
Held by SanDisk Israel Ltd.
Filed Apr 3, 2006 as application 11/395,223 · Granted Aug 24, 2010
Base term plus 778 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2006
Apr 3, 2006
Term ends
May 20, 2028
May 20, 2028
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
Aug 24, 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
778
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.
2
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 778 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 3, 2006, when this application, 11/395,223, was filed | Apr 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +778 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 20, 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 | May 20, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,783,955 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,992,071 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2006 Reel 17724, frame 397 | Murin, Mark | M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2008 Reel 21799, frame 647 | M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. | Msystems Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Nov 12, 2008 Reel 21825, frame 11 | Msystems Ltd. | SanDisk Il Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 21, 2020 Reel 53574, frame 513 | SanDisk Il Ltd. | Western Digital Israel Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jun 10, 2025 Reel 71587, frame 836 | Western Digital Israel Ltd. | SanDisk Israel Ltd. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 20, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 778 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
186
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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