Lapsed Jan 2, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 14, 2030
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Netlist, Inc.
Filed Apr 1, 2016 as application 15/088,115 · Granted Jan 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 2, 2026
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
No longer in force
Jan 2, 2026
Jan 2, 2026
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Jan 2, 2018
Term would have run to
Jun 14, 2030
Jun 14, 2030
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 8,489,837, US 9,311,116, to Jun 14, 2030. 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.
11
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 14, 2030: 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 14, 2010, when application 12/815,339, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 1, 2016) | Jun 14, 2030 | 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 8,489,837, US 9,311,116) | resolves to Jun 14, 2030, 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 Jan 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 2, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,489,837 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 9,311,116 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 |
| US 9,711,910 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 9,667,001 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,858,218 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,535,623 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 10,063,015 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,474,595 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2017 Reel 44140, frame 19 | Lee, Hyun | Netlist, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,489,837, US 9,311,116, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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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