Term ends Sep 18, 2019
Statutory term ends Apr 1, 2023
Base term plus 649 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expired Sep 2019
2003
2026
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2003
Apr 1, 2003
Granted
Sep 18, 2007
Sep 18, 2007
No longer in force
Sep 18, 2019
Sep 18, 2019
Term would have run to
Jan 9, 2025
Jan 9, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
649
Days of PTA
27
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 649 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Apr 1, 2003 | Apr 1, 2023 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | +649 days, USPTO PTA record | Jan 9, 2025 | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 18, 2019 | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 18, 2019 | High |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2003-04-01+20y | =2023-04-01 | PTA+649d=2025-01-09 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2011-03-18,8yr@2015-03-18; 12yr fee not paid - grace period ended 2019-09-18, expired as of grace end; USPTO recorded EXP. event(s) also on 2019-10-21 (administrative date - statutory grace end above governs) | status=expired-fees@2019-09-18
This family
| US 6,995,617 | expired-term | Nov 2023 |
| US 6,980,059 | expired-term | Apr 2023 |
| US 7,272,203 | this patent | Sep 2019 |
| US 7,504,890 | expired-fees | Mar 2021 |
| US 7,599,433 | expired-fees | Oct 2021 |
| US 7,545,888 | expired-fees | Jun 2021 |
| US 8,126,083 | in-force | Dec 2027 |
| US 7,885,325 | in-force | Apr 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Chen, Shidong; Yang, Xiaojun; Zhu, Jilian | Linx Electronics, Inc.-Wayne Li, Ceo | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 2, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Citta, Richard W.; Lopresto, Scott M.; Xia, Jingsong; Zhang, Wenjun | Linx Electronics, Inc.-Wayne Li, Ceo | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Zhang, Wenjun; Citta, Richard W.; Lopresto, Scott M.; Xia, Jingsong | Limx Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Zhang, Wenjun; Citta, Richard W.; Lopresto, Scott M.; Xia, Jingsong | Linx Electronics, Inc. Wayne Li, Geo | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Electronics, Linx | Micronas Semiconductors, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Linx Electronics, Inc. | Micranas Semiconductors, Inc. | Merger |
| Sep 1, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Zhang, MR. Wenjun; Citta, MR. Richard W.; Lopresto, MR. Scott M.; Xia, MR. Jingsong | Linx Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2004 reel/frame not recorded | Linx Electronics, Inc. | Micronas Semiconductors, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 24, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Micronas Semiconductors, Inc. | Trident Microsystems (FAR East) Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Trident Microsystems (FAR East) Ltd.; Trident Microsystems, Inc. | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Entropic Communications, Inc.; Entropic Communications, Inc.; Excalibur Acquisition Corporation | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 19, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Entropic Communications, Inc.; Entropic Communications, LLC; Excalibur Subsidiary, LLC | Entropic Communications, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
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