Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed May 24, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Dec 19, 2014 as application 14/576,909 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 24, 2024
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2011
Jun 29, 2011
No longer in force
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
Granted
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
Term would have run to
Jun 29, 2031
Jun 29, 2031
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,934,293, to Jun 29, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 29, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 29, 2011, when application 13/135,235, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2014) | Jun 29, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,934,293) | resolves to Jun 29, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 24, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,934,293 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,349,448 | this patent May 2024 | May 2024 |
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 6, 2015 Reel 34644, frame 297 | Shepard, Daniel R. | Contour Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2015 Reel 35748, frame 909 | Contour Semiconductor, Inc. | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35831, frame 594 | Contour Semiconductor, Inc. | HGST, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name and Address of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 035748 Frame 0909. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Name and Address of the Assignee Si HGST, INC.,3403 Yerba Buena Road,san Jose, Ca 95135. |
| Jul 19, 2016 Reel 39389, frame 684 | HGST, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 16, 2016 Reel 39689, frame 950 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | HGST, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46939, frame 587 | HGST, Inc. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 58965, frame 535 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel 039389 Frame 0684 |
| 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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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,934,293, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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
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