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System and Methods for Dynamic Erase and Program Control for Flash Memory Device Memories

US 8,995,197 In force
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Term ends Jan 14, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Aug 27, 2012 as application 13/595,782 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term plus 261 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2031
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2010
Term ends
Jan 14, 2031
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
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
261
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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
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This patent's term runs 261 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 28, 2010, when application 12/769,208, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2012)Apr 28, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+261 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 14, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 14, 2031High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 16, 2012
Reel 29476, frame 526
Steiner, Avi; Weingarten, HananDensbits Technologies Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 30, 2014
Reel 33444, frame 628
Densbits Technologies Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedSecurity Interest
Mar 18, 2015
Reel 35222, frame 547
Densbits Technologies Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedSecurity Interest
Jan 27, 2016
Reel 37622, frame 224
Densbits Technologies Ltd.Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 11, 2017
Reel 41339, frame 921
Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedDensbits Technologies Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Oct 5, 2018
Reel 47422, frame 464
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedMerger
Mar 6, 2019
Reel 48883, frame 702
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 047422 Frame: 0464. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
Sep 14, 2020
Reel 53771, frame 901
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedBroadcom International Pte. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 3, 2023
Reel 62952, frame 850
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited; Broadcom International Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedMerger

Sources

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