Term ends Jun 5, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 5, 2028
Held by Micron Technology, Inc.
Filed Nov 27, 2018 as application 16/201,704 · Granted Mar 17, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2008
Jun 5, 2008
Term ends
Jun 5, 2028
Jun 5, 2028
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Mar 17, 2020
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,162,992, US 8,461,966, US 9,030,301, US 9,690,961, to Jun 5, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 5, 2008, when application 12/134,107, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 27, 2018) | Jun 5, 2028 | 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 10,162,992, US 8,461,966, US 9,030,301, US 9,690,961) | resolves to Jun 5, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 5, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,461,966 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,030,301 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,690,961 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 10,162,992 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 10,592,711 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 10,824,829 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 11,403,473 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 27, 2018 Reel 47595, frame 667 | Tuttle, John R. | Keystone Technology Solutions, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 27, 2018 Reel 47650, frame 192 | Keystone Technology Solutions, LLC. | Micron Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48082, frame 860 | Micron Technology, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Supplement No. 11 to Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48082, frame 889 | Micron Technology, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Supplement No. 2 to Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 14, 2019 Reel 50718, frame 764 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2019 Reel 51026, frame 568 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Micron Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 5, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,162,992, US 8,461,966, US 9,030,301, US 9,690,961, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 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.