Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends May 16, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2026
Held by Creeled, Inc.
Filed Nov 16, 2006 as application 11/600,642 · Granted Nov 24, 2009
Base term plus 181 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2006
Nov 16, 2006
Term ends
May 16, 2027
May 16, 2027
Granted
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
181
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 181 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 16, 2006, when this application, 11/600,642, was filed | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +181 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 16, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,621,655 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2006/044565 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,789,529 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 16, 2006 Reel 18582, frame 868 | Roberts, John K.; Sims, Paul E. | Cree, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2021 Reel 55911, frame 577 | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 181 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 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.