Also listed on Pico Computing, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 8, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 8, 2034
Held by Micron Technology, Inc.
Filed Jan 29, 2015 as application 14/608,464 · Granted Aug 8, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 8, 2014
Mar 8, 2014
Term ends
Mar 8, 2034
Mar 8, 2034
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Aug 8, 2017
base term
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 9,658,977, US 9,734,284, US 9,740,798, to Mar 8, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
12
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 is 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. 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 Mar 8, 2014, when application 14/201,824, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 29, 2015) | Mar 8, 2034 | 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 9,658,977, US 9,734,284, US 9,740,798) | resolves to Mar 8, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 8, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,734,284 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,740,798 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,658,977 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,727,510 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,990,551 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,991,452 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,983,939 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,977,314 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2015 Reel 34844, frame 848 | Edvenson, Gregory M.; Olson, Corey B. | Pico Computing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37009, frame 132 | Pico Computing, Inc. | Micron Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,658,977, US 9,734,284, US 9,740,798, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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