Lapsed Jan 10, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 30, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 12, 2009 as application 12/539,694 · Granted Jan 10, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 10, 2024
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2006
Oct 30, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 10, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Jan 10, 2012
Term would have run to
Oct 30, 2026
Oct 30, 2026
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.
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 Oct 30, 2026: 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 Oct 30, 2006, when application 11/554,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 12, 2009) | Oct 30, 2026 | 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 Jan 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,592,657 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,093,071 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 8,349,679 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2010 Reel 24651, frame 744 | Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited | Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited | Change of Name |
| Dec 23, 2016 Reel 41188, frame 401 | Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited | Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited | Change of Address |
| Jul 13, 2020 Reel 53195, frame 249 | Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited | Fujitsu Semiconductor Memory Solution Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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