Lapsed Aug 29, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 26, 2022
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Dynamic Data Technologies LLC
Filed Mar 26, 2002 as application 10/108,232 · Granted Aug 29, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 29, 2018
2002
2026
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2002
Mar 26, 2002
No longer in force
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018
Granted
Aug 29, 2006
Aug 29, 2006
Term would have run to
Nov 24, 2022
Nov 24, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
243
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
16
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Nov 24, 2022: its 20-year base term plus 243 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 26, 2002, when this application, 10/108,232, was filed | Mar 26, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +243 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 24, 2022 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 29, 2018 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 29, 2018 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,938,063 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,098,964 | this patent Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| US 7,142,249 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| US 7,930,174 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 |
| US 7,864,904 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| US 8,687,695 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| US 7,693,327 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2014 | Apr 2014 |
| US 7,894,529 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
8 of 16 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2002 Reel 13162, frame 821 | Rieder, Peter; Hahn, Marko; Scheffler, Gunter; Wendel, Dirk | Micronas Munich GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 30, 2002 Reel 13432, frame 847 | Micronas Munich GmbH | Micronas GmbH | Merger |
| Aug 25, 2009 Reel 23134, frame 885 | Micronas GmbH | Trident Microsystems (Far East) Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2012 Reel 28146, frame 54 | Trident Microsystems, Inc.; Trident Microsystems (Far East) Ltd. | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2015 Reel 35706, frame 267 | Excalibur Acquisition Corporation; Entropic Communications, Inc.; Entropic Communications, Inc. | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 19, 2015 Reel 35717, frame 628 | Entropic Communications, Inc.; Excalibur Subsidiary, LLC; Entropic Communications, LLC | Entropic Communications, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 12, 2017 Reel 42453, frame 1 | MaxLinear, Inc.; Entropic Communications, LLC (F/K/A Entropic Communications, Inc.); Exar Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 21, 2018 Reel 47128, frame 295 | MaxLinear Inc.; Entropic Communications LLC | Dynamic Data Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2020 Reel 53115, frame 842 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Succession of Agency (REEL 042453 / Frame 0001) |
| Jun 23, 2021 Reel 56656, frame 204 | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc.; Exar Corporation; MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Exar Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2006 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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