Term ends Jun 30, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 30, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by SanDisk Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 19, 2012 as application 13/451,009 · Granted Dec 11, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2010
Jun 30, 2010
Term ends
Jun 30, 2030
Jun 30, 2030
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Dec 11, 2012
base term
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.
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.
26
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. 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 Jun 30, 2010, when application 12/827,947, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 19, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 30, 2030 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | Jun 30, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,349,681 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,187,936 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,198,672 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,193,054 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/042566 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,330,208 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,450,791 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,283,228 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
8 of 26 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2016 Reel 38807, frame 898 | SanDisk Technologies Inc. | SanDisk Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 31, 2024 Reel 69796, frame 423 | SanDisk Technologies LLC | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2025 Reel 71050, frame 1 | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 25, 2025 Reel 71382, frame 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | SanDisk Technologies, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interests |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 30, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.