Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2020 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).
Term ends Jan 28, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 19, 2027
Held by Monterey Research, LLC
Filed Sep 19, 2007 as application 11/857,947 · Granted Feb 7, 2012
USPTO first gave this application the number US 8,064,281 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2007
Sep 19, 2007
Term ends
Jan 28, 2028
Jan 28, 2028
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Feb 7, 2012
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
131
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.
4
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 131 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 Sep 19, 2007, when this application, 11/857,947, was filed | Sep 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +131 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 28, 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 | Jan 28, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,111,577 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/060698 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,462,576 | In force no later than Sep 2027 | no later than Sep 2027 |
| US 8,705,309 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2018 | Apr 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2007 Reel 19849, frame 248 | Sheets, Michael; Williams, Timothy | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2015 Reel 35240, frame 429 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation; Spansion LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2016 Reel 39708, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation; Spansion LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 11, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 11, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Spansion LLC | Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 14, 2016 Reel 40911, frame 238 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Monterey Research, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2020 Reel 58002, frame 470 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation; Spansion LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the 8647899 Previously Recorded on Reel 035240 Frame 0429. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interst. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 28, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.