Also listed on Sandforce, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 27, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 15, 2031
Held by Seagate Technology LLC
Filed Sep 15, 2011 as application 13/234,134 · Granted Jan 20, 2015
Base term plus 73 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
Term ends
Nov 27, 2031
Nov 27, 2031
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20, 2015
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
73
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.
2
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 73 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 Sep 15, 2011, when this application, 13/234,134, was filed | Sep 15, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +73 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 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 | Nov 27, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,938,624 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,467,288 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2011 Reel 27400, frame 481 | Obukhov, Dmitry; Tan, Bin | Sandforce, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2013 Reel 29689, frame 926 | Sandforce, Inc. | LSI Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2014 Reel 32856, frame 31 | LSI Corporation; Agere Systems LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2014 Reel 34177, frame 257 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | LSI Corporation; Agere Systems LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Included in Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (032856/0031) |
| Nov 6, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | LSI Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Included in Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (032856/0031) |
| Nov 6, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Agere Systems LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Included in Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (032856/0031) |
| Jan 21, 2015 Reel 34771, frame 571 | LSI Corporation | Seagate Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37684, frame 39 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | LSI Corporation; Agere Systems LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 032856-0031) |
| Feb 2, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | LSI Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 032856-0031) |
| Feb 2, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Agere Systems LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 032856-0031) |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 27, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 73 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
50
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.