Sun Microsystems Technology Ltd.

61 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

1 more in force is now held by another company

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Nov 2026

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Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for Microprocessor Including a Display Interface in the Microprocessor (US 9,336,752) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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5 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,681,019	Executing Functions Determined via a Collection of Operations from Translated Instructions In force Term ends Nov 17, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 17, 2026	High confidence
US 7,412,570	Small and Power-Efficient Cache That Can Provide Data for Background DMA Devices While the Processor Is in a Low-Power State In force Term ends Feb 4, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 4, 2027	High confidence
US 7,797,512	Virtual Core Management In force Term ends Feb 13, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 13, 2027	High confidence
US 7,533,242	Improved Prefetch Hardware Efficiency via Prefetch Hint Instructions In force Term ends Feb 21, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 21, 2027	High confidence
US 7,802,073	Virtual Core Management In force Term ends Mar 1, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 1, 2027	High confidence
US 7,647,452	Re-Fetching Cache Memory Enabling Low-Power Modes In force Term ends Apr 7, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 7, 2027	High confidence
US 7,788,473	Prediction of Data Values Read from Memory by a Microprocessor Using the Storage Destination of a Load Operation In force Term ends Apr 7, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 7, 2027	High confidence
US 7,710,155	Dynamic Dual Output Latch In force Term ends Apr 20, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 20, 2027	High confidence
US 7,443,759	Reduced-Power Memory with Per-Sector Ground Control In force Term ends Apr 26, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 26, 2027	High confidence
US 7,490,223	Dynamic Resource Allocation Among Master Processors That Require Service from a Coprocessor In force Term ends Apr 27, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 27, 2027	High confidence

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