Also listed on Upthere, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 13, 2033
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Nov 30, 2016 as application 15/364,919 · Granted Feb 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Nov 13, 2013
Nov 13, 2013
Term ends
Nov 13, 2033
Nov 13, 2033
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
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 9,779,098, to Nov 13, 2033. 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.
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 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 Nov 13, 2013, when application 14/078,738, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2016) | Nov 13, 2033 | 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 9,779,098) | resolves to Nov 13, 2033, 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 | Nov 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,779,098 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,904,682 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 11,227,006 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2017 Reel 43466, frame 983 | Upthere, Inc. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2017 Reel 43865, frame 761 | Upthere, Inc. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 043466 Frame: 0983. 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 |
| May 29, 2024 Reel 67567, frame 682 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2024 Reel 67982, frame 32 | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 23, 2024 Reel 68762, frame 494 | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Agent | Patent Collateral Agreement |
| Apr 8, 2025 Reel 70778, frame 175 | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,779,098, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite 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
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.