Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends May 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2028
Held by Creeled, Inc.
Filed Nov 17, 2008 as application 12/271,945 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term plus 171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2008
Nov 17, 2008
Term ends
May 7, 2029
May 7, 2029
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016
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
171
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.
83
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 171 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 17, 2008, when this application, 12/271,945, was filed | Nov 17, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +171 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 7, 2029 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,388,193 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,428,688 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,287,759 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/003197 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,348,475 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2009/063693 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,464,225 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2010/001314 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2009 Reel 22279, frame 814 | Collins, Brian T.; Hussell, Christopher P.; Emerson, David T.; Le Toquin, Ronan P. | Cree, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2021 Reel 56031, frame 646 | Cree, Inc. | Creeled, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2022 Reel 58983, frame 1 | Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.; Smart High Reliability Solutions, LLC; Smart Embedded Computing, Inc.; Creeled, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2025 Reel 71725, frame 207 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.; Smart Embedded Computing, Inc.; Smart High Reliability Solutions LLC; Creeled, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart Modular Technologies, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart Embedded Computing, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart High Reliability Solutions LLC | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Creeled, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 30, 2025 Reel 71755, frame 1 | Creeled, Inc.; Penguin Solutions Corporation (De); Smart Embedded Computing, Inc.; Smart High Reliability Solutions LLC; Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.; Penguin Computing, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 7, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.