Also listed on Upthere, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 15, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2032
Filed Jan 26, 2012 as application 13/358,742 · Granted Jan 14, 2014
Base term plus 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2012
Jan 26, 2012
Term ends
Jun 15, 2032
Jun 15, 2032
Granted
Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014
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
141
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 141 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 Jan 26, 2012, when this application, 13/358,742, was filed | Jan 26, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 15, 2032 | 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 15, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,631,209 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,052,824 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 9,183,212 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2012 Reel 27600, frame 111 | Serlet, Bertrand; Bodamer, Roger | Upthere, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 31, 2017 Reel 43466, frame 983 | Upthere, Inc. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 14, 2017 Reel 43865, frame 761 | Upthere, Inc. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 043466 Frame: 0983. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Feb 6, 2020 Reel 52915, frame 566 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 59127, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel 052915 Frame 0566 |
| Aug 21, 2023 Reel 64715, frame 1 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Collateral Agreement - A&r Loan Agreement |
| Aug 21, 2023 Reel 67045, frame 156 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Collateral Agreement - DDTL Loan Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 15, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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