Term ends Nov 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 4, 2026
Held by Micron Technology, Inc.
Filed Sep 23, 2013 as application 14/034,257 · Granted Oct 11, 2016
Base term plus 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2006
Jan 4, 2006
Term ends
Nov 16, 2026
Nov 16, 2026
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Oct 11, 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
316
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 316 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Jan 4, 2006, when application 11/328,694, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2013) | Jan 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +316 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 16, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,405,552 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,540,423 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,464,942 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2016 Reel 38669, frame 1 | Micron Technology, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2016 Reel 38954, frame 1 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 8, 2017 Reel 43079, frame 1 | Micron Technology, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Replace Erroneously Filed Patent #7358718 with the Correct Patent #7358178 Previously Recorded on Reel 038669 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jul 13, 2018 Reel 47540, frame 1 | Micron Technology, Inc.; Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 23, 2018 Reel 47243, frame 1 | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2019 Reel 50937, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2019 Reel 51028, frame 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc.; Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 16, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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.