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Mips Holding, Inc.

137 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Previously recorded as Wave Computing, Inc. (to 2024)

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  • 1 fee due Nov 19, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Debug in a Multicore Architecture (US 9,038,070) comes due Nov 19, 2026. Unpaid by May 19, 2027, it lapses early.
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  • 1 fee due Jul 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Integer Matrix Multiplication Engine Using Pipelining (US 11,880,426) comes due Jul 23, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 24, 2028, it lapses early.
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    The maintenance fee for Visual Quality Measure for Real-Time Video Processing (US 9,338,463) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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  • 5 terms have ended since Aug 17, 2026

Patents held now

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PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 10,268,609Resource Management in a Multicore Architecture
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US 9,690,630Hardware Accelerator Test Harness Generation
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US 8,972,944Coordinating and Controlling Debuggers in a Simulation Environment
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US 7,716,031Interface Converter for Unified View of Multiple Computer System Simulations
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US 7,971,042Microprocessor System and Method for Instruction-Initiated Recording and Execution of Instruction Sequences in a Dynamically Decoupleable Extended Instruction Pipeline
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 · High confidence
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US 9,430,427Structured Block Transfer Module, System Architecture, and Method for Transferring
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US 9,460,034Structured Block Transfer Module, System Architecture, and Method for Transferring
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US 8,521,499Run-Time Switching for Simulation with Dynamic Run-Time Accuracy Adjustment
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US 7,742,905Method and System for Dynamically Adjusting Speed Versus Accuracy of Computer Platform Simulation
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US 9,064,076User interface for facilitation of high level generation of processor extensions
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In forceHigh confidence
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