Also listed on SanDisk, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Lapsed Sep 28, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 28, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SanDisk Technologies LLC
Filed Mar 31, 2009 as application 12/415,549 · Granted Sep 28, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 28, 2022
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2007
Sep 28, 2007
No longer in force
Sep 28, 2022
Sep 28, 2022
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Sep 28, 2010
Term would have run to
Sep 28, 2027
Sep 28, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,532,027, to Sep 28, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 Sep 28, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 28, 2007, when application 11/864,625, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 31, 2009) | Sep 28, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,532,027) | resolves to Sep 28, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 28, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 28, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,532,027 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2021 | May 2021 |
| US 7,804,319 | this patent Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 8,149,012 | In force no later than Sep 2027 | no later than Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2010 Reel 25114, frame 479 | Lazaravich, Robert; Littlebury, Hugh | Adtron, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2010 Reel 25327, frame 416 | Ellis, Robert William | Adtron Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2011 Reel 26578, frame 34 | Lazaravich, Robert; Littlebury, Hugh | Adtron Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Should Be Adtron Corporation and Not Adtron, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 025114 Frame 0479. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignee Name Should Be Adtron Corporation and Not Adtron, Inc.. |
| Jul 18, 2011 Reel 26603, frame 954 | Adtron Corporation | Smart Modular Technologies (Az), Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 29, 2013 Reel 30508, frame 843 | Smart Modular Technologies (Az), Inc. | Smart Storage Systems (Az), Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 29, 2013 Reel 30508, frame 855 | Smart Storage Systems (Az), Inc. | Smart Storage Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 29, 2016 Reel 38290, frame 33 | Smart Storage Systems, Inc. | SanDisk Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 25, 2016 Reel 38809, frame 600 | SanDisk Technologies Inc. | SanDisk Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,532,027, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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