Also listed on Pliant Technology, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 23, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 17, 2030
Held by SanDisk Technologies, Inc.
Filed Mar 17, 2010 as application 12/726,200 · Granted Jan 29, 2013
Base term plus 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2010
Mar 17, 2010
Term ends
Feb 23, 2031
Feb 23, 2031
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
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
343
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.
5
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 343 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 Mar 17, 2010, when this application, 12/726,200, was filed | Mar 17, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +343 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 23, 2031 | 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 | Feb 23, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,365,041 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/028637 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,473,814 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,484,533 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,484,534 | In force no later than Mar 2030 | no later than Mar 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2010 Reel 24097, frame 164 | Olbrich, Aaron K.; Prins, Doug | Pliant Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2011 Reel 26771, frame 541 | Pliant Technology, Inc. | Pliant Technology, LLC | Conversion to LLC |
| Aug 19, 2011 Reel 26781, frame 135 | Pliant Technology, LLC | SanDisk Pacific Holdco, Inc. | Patent Assignment |
| Aug 25, 2011 Reel 27190, frame 190 | Pliant Technology, LLC | SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 026781 Frame 0135. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Assignment. |
| Mar 29, 2016 Reel 38295, frame 225 | SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC | SanDisk Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 25, 2016 Reel 38807, frame 850 | 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
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 23, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 343 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
282
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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