Lapsed Jul 16, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2030
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Netlist, Inc.
Filed Jun 14, 2010 as application 12/815,339 · Granted Jul 16, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 367 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 16, 2021
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
No longer in force
Jul 16, 2021
Jul 16, 2021
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Jul 16, 2013
Term would have run to
Jun 16, 2031
Jun 16, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
367
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
11
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 Jun 16, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 367 days of term 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 Jun 14, 2010, when this application, 12/815,339, was filed | Jun 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +367 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 16, 2031 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 16, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 16, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,489,837 | this patent Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 9,311,116 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| US 9,711,910 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 9,667,001 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,858,218 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,535,623 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 10,063,015 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,474,595 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 19, 2010 Reel 25216, frame 400 | Lee, Hyun | Netlist, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2013 Reel 30830, frame 945 | Netlist, Inc. | DBD Credit Funding LLC | Security Agreement |
| Nov 20, 2015 Reel 37150, frame 897 | Netlist, Inc. | Svic No. 28 New Technology Business Investment L.L.P. | Security Interest |
| Dec 3, 2015 Reel 37209, frame 158 | DBD Credit Funding LLC | Netlist, Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 20, 2023 Reel 65629, frame 328 | Svic. No. 28 New Technology Business Investment L.L.P. | Netlist, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Note
The 367 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
89
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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