Also listed on Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 15, 2021 (Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP).
Term ends Aug 26, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 6, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Unification Technologies LLC
Filed Apr 6, 2008 as application 12/098,433 · Granted Apr 3, 2012
Base term plus 629 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2007
Dec 6, 2007
Term ends
Aug 26, 2029
Aug 26, 2029
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 2012
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
629
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.
6
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 629 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 6, 2007, when application 11/952,098, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 6, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +629 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 2029 | 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 | Aug 26, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/952,098 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,151,082 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,161,353 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 13/174,449 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,392,798 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application 13/835,109 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2009 Reel 22885, frame 181 | Flynn, David; Zappe, Michael; Strasser, John; Thatcher, Jonathan | Fusion Multisystems, Inc. Dba Fusion-Io | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2010 Reel 24651, frame 914 | Fusion Multisystems, Inc. | Fusion-Io, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 23, 2014 Reel 33389, frame 511 | Fusion-Io, Inc. | Intellectual Property Holdings 2 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 24, 2014 Reel 33410, frame 158 | Intelligent Intellectual Property Holdings 2 LLC | Fusion-Io, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2014 Reel 33419, frame 748 | Fusion-Io, Inc. | Intelligent Intellectual Property Holdings 2 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2016 Reel 38362, frame 575 | Intelligent Intellectual Property Holdings 2 LLC | PS12 Luxco S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2016 Reel 38362, frame 604 | PS12 Luxco S.A.R.L. | Longitude Enterprise Flash S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2016 Reel 38748, frame 880 | Fusion-Io, Inc. | SanDisk Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 7, 2018 Reel 47702, frame 413 | Longitude Enterprise Flash S.A.R.I. | Fio Semiconductor Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2019 Reel 48918, frame 35 | Longitude Enterprise Flash S.A.R.I. | Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Document Filed Previously Recorded on Reel 047702 Frame 0413. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 5, 2020 Reel 52095, frame 903 | Fio Semiconductor Technologies, LLC | Acacia Research Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2020 Reel 52096, frame 225 | Acacia Research Group LLC | Unification Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 52853, frame 153 | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53654, frame 254 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | American Vehicular Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Cellular Communications Equipment LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Innovative Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Lifeport Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Limestone Memory Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Monarch Networking Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Nexus Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | R2 Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Saint Lawrence Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Stingray IP Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Super Interconnect Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Teleconference Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 15, 2021 Reel 58134, frame 1 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Unification Technologies LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 053654 Frame: 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 15, 2021 Reel 58223, frame 1 | Unification Technologies LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 052853 Frame: 0153. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Security Agreement. |
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 26, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 629 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
196
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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