Also listed on SanDisk, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 19, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2027
Held by SanDisk Israel Ltd.
Filed Dec 31, 2007 as application 11/967,369 · Granted Jan 4, 2011
Base term plus 444 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Term ends
Mar 19, 2029
Mar 19, 2029
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Jan 4, 2011
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
444
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 444 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 31, 2007, when this application, 11/967,369, was filed | Dec 31, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +444 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 19, 2029 | 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 | Mar 19, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,865,658 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2008/086247 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2008 Reel 21931, frame 365 | Lasser, Menahem; Afriat, Itshak; Lieber, Opher; Shlick, Mark | SanDisk Il Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2017 Reel 42244, frame 93 | Sovrn, Inc. (F/K/A Lijit Networks, Inc.) | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2020 Reel 53574, frame 513 | SanDisk Il Ltd. | Western Digital Israel Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Mar 30, 2023 Reel 63207, frame 503 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (Successor by Purchase to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (as Successor to Silicon Valley Bank)) | Sovrn, Inc. (F/K/A Lijit Networks, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at Reel/Frame No. 42244/0093 |
| 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
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 19, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 444 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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