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Methods and Apparatus for Frequency Offset Estimation

US 10,171,278 In force
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Term ends May 10, 2037 · High confidence

Filed May 10, 2017 as application 15/592,087 · Granted Jan 1, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
May 10, 2017
Term ends
May 10, 2037
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
4
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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 10, 2017, when this application, 15/592,087, was filedMay 10, 2037High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 10, 2037High confidence

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US 10,171,278this patent
May 2037
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US 10,554,469In force
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US 12,388,699In force
no later than May 2037
no later than May 2037
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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
May 10, 2017
Reel 42332, frame 353
Cheon, Hyun Soo; Kim, Hong Jik; Bhatt, Tejas MCavium Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2018
Reel 47617, frame 653
Cavium, Inc.Cavium, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Cavium, Inc. Previously Recorded at Reel: 042332 Frame: 0353. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Feb 17, 2020
Reel 51948, frame 807
Cavium, LLCCavium InternationalAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 15, 2020
Reel 53179, frame 320
Cavium InternationalMarvell Asia Pte, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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