Lapsed Aug 21, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 11, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Longitude Licensing Limited
Filed Sep 3, 2010 as application 12/875,799 · Granted Aug 21, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 21, 2024
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2007
Apr 11, 2007
No longer in force
Aug 21, 2024
Aug 21, 2024
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 2012
Term would have run to
Apr 11, 2027
Apr 11, 2027
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,808,093, to Apr 11, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Apr 11, 2027: 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. 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 Apr 11, 2007, when application 11/734,054, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2010) | Apr 11, 2027 | 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 7,808,093) | resolves to Apr 11, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 21, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 21, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,808,093 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,247,896 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,252,125 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2013 Reel 32414, frame 261 | PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L. | Elpida Memory Inc. | Security Agreement |
| May 15, 2014 Reel 32900, frame 568 | Elpida Memory, Inc. | PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2016 Reel 39793, frame 880 | PS5 Luxco S.A.R.L. | Longitude Semiconductor S.A.R.L. | Change of Name |
| Aug 24, 2016 Reel 39818, frame 506 | PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L. | PS5 Luxco S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2018 Reel 46867, frame 248 | Longitude Semiconductor S.A.R.L. | Longitude Licensing Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,808,093, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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