Also listed on HGST, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 28, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 22, 2036
Filed Jun 22, 2016 as application 15/189,921 · Granted Jan 2, 2018
Base term plus 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2016
Jun 22, 2016
Term ends
Jun 28, 2036
Jun 28, 2036
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Jan 2, 2018
base term
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
6
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.
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 6 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 Jun 22, 2016, when this application, 15/189,921, was filed | Jun 22, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +6 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 28, 2036 | 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 | Jun 28, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,861,011 | this patent Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2017/020296 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,212,854 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2016 Reel 40831, frame 265 | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2016 Reel 41127, frame 921 | Zebian, Hussam; Albrecht, Thomas | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2017 Reel 43973, frame 762 | HGST Netherlands B.V. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Serial No 15/025,946 Previously Recorded at Reel: 040831 Frame: 0265. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 6, 2020 Reel 52915, frame 566 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 59127, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel 052915 Frame 0566 |
| 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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What's changing
Jun 2036
Term ends Jun 28, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.