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Semtech Corporation

201 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
7 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,707,406Always-On Virtual Private Network Access
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,791,415Fractional-N Synthesized Chirp Generator
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,924,486Method and System for Aggregating Communications
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,228,848Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Push Communication Across a Network Boundary
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,973,689Bandpass Multi-Bit Sigma-Delta Analog to Digital Conversion
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,812,730Method and Apparatus for Network Port and Network Address Translation
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,521,019Method and System for Closed Loop Control of an Optical Link
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,487,430Multi-Layer High-Speed Integrated Circuit Ball Grid Array Package and Process
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,494,551Method and System for Performing Position Updates in a Wireless Communication System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,520,634Active/Standby Operation of a Femtocell Base Station
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 201: 7 patents in force now held by others · 95 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 28 ended at full term · 1 surrendered on reissue. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

11 pending · 19 abandoned · 1 no status recorded

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