Term ends Feb 14, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 3, 2031
Held by Netlist, Inc.
Filed Nov 3, 2011 as application 13/288,850 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term plus 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2011
Nov 3, 2011
Term ends
Feb 14, 2032
Feb 14, 2032
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014
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
103
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.
8
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 103 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 Nov 3, 2011, when this application, 13/288,850, was filed | Nov 3, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +103 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 14, 2032 | 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 | Feb 14, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,787,060 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,318,160 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,659,601 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,290,328 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,902,886 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application 17/157,903 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,308,087 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 12,646,537 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2012 Reel 27520, frame 280 | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 14, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
218
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.