Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Dec 20, 2025 · High confidence
Held by Creeled, Inc.
Filed Nov 22, 2010 as application 29/379,636 · Granted Dec 20, 2011
Base term, 14 years from grant
Today
Term ended Dec 20, 2025
2011
2026
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2011
Dec 20, 2011
Term ended
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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
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14 years from grant
Base term
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| Base term, 14 years from grant | Granted Dec 20, 2011 | Dec 20, 2025 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 20, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US D650,760 | this patent Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US D676,000 | In force no later than Feb 2027 | no later than Feb 2027 |
| US 8,564,000 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,624,271 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 10,178,723 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,098,197 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US D669,273 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,300,062 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
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| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2011 Reel 25953, frame 516 | Hussell, Christopher P.; Andrews, Peter Scott; Reiherzer, Jesse Colin; Emerson, David T. | Cree, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2021 Reel 55780, frame 121 | Cree, Inc. | Creeled, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2022 Reel 58983, frame 1 | Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.; Smart High Reliability Solutions, LLC; Smart Embedded Computing, Inc.; Creeled, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2025 Reel 71725, frame 207 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.; Smart Embedded Computing, Inc.; Smart High Reliability Solutions LLC; Creeled, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart Modular Technologies, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart Embedded Computing, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Smart High Reliability Solutions LLC | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Creeled, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest Recorded at R/F 058983/0001 |
| Jun 30, 2025 Reel 71755, frame 1 | Creeled, Inc.; Penguin Solutions Corporation (De); Smart Embedded Computing, Inc.; Smart High Reliability Solutions LLC; Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.; Penguin Computing, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
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