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Method and Apparatus for Performing Enhanced Read and Write Operations in a FLASH Memory System

US 8,775,772 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 8, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Dec 21, 2009 as application 12/643,688 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
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Lapsed Jul 8, 2018
2009 2029
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Dec 21, 2009
No longer in force
Jul 8, 2018
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 21, 2029
base term after the term ends 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 21, 2009, when this application, 12/643,688, was filedDec 21, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 8, 2018High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 8, 2018High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 3, 2010
Reel 23890, frame 244
Fuxa, James A.; Shelton, Lance W.; Haggard, Justin C.Texas Memory Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 26, 2013
Reel 30081, frame 35
Texas Memory Systems, Inc.International Business Machines CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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