Also listed on Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 19, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 5, 2029
Filed Mar 5, 2009 as application 12/398,909 · Granted Jun 19, 2012
Base term plus 624 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2009
Mar 5, 2009
Term ends
Nov 19, 2030
Nov 19, 2030
Granted
Jun 19, 2012
Jun 19, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
624
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.
This patent's term runs 624 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 Mar 5, 2009, when this application, 12/398,909, was filed | Mar 5, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +624 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 2030 | 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 | Nov 19, 2030 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2009 Reel 22353, frame 235 | Huang, Weidong; Kim, Sang Hoon; Mate, Charles M. | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2009 Reel 22452, frame 332 | Huang, Weidong; Kim, Sang Hoon; Mate, Charles M. | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 022353 Frame 0235. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.. |
| Oct 25, 2012 Reel 29341, frame 777 | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Change of Name |
| Dec 6, 2016 Reel 40826, frame 821 | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2020 Reel 52915, frame 566 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 59127, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel 052915 Frame 0566 |
| Aug 21, 2023 Reel 64715, frame 1 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Collateral Agreement - A&r Loan Agreement |
| Aug 21, 2023 Reel 67045, frame 156 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Collateral Agreement - DDTL Loan Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 624 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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