Also listed on Trident Microsystems Far East Ltd, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 23, 2027
Statutory term ends Jan 23, 2027
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 4 months
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 23, 2007
Jan 23, 2007
Granted
Aug 5, 2008
Aug 5, 2008
Term ends
Jan 23, 2027
Jan 23, 2027
0
Days of PTA
21
Applications in this family
This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record
How this date was computed
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Jan 23, 2007 | Jan 23, 2027 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | in-force | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 23, 2027 | High |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-01-23+20y | =2027-01-23 | PTA+0d=2027-01-23 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2012-04-25,8yr@2016-02-05,12yr@2020-02-05 | status=in-force@2027-01-23
This family
| US 6,938,063 | expired-term | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,098,964 | expired-fees | Aug 2018 |
| US 7,142,249 | expired-fees | Nov 2018 |
| US 7,930,174 | expired-fees | Apr 2019 |
| US 7,864,904 | expired-fees | Jan 2019 |
| US 8,687,695 | expired-fees | Apr 2022 |
| US 7,693,327 | expired-fees | Apr 2014 |
| US 7,770,090 | in-force | Apr 2029 |
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 16, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Tereminac, Miodrag; Bock, Christian | Micronas GMBH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Micronas GMBH | 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 |
| May 12, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Entropic Communications, LLC (F/K/A Entropic Communications, Inc.); Exar Corporation; Maxlinear, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Mufg Union Bank, N.A. | Succession of Agency (REEL 042453 / Frame 0001) |
| 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 |
| Jul 9, 2021 Reel 56816, frame 89 | Maxlinear, Inc.; Maxlinear Communications, LLC; Exar Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jul 9, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Exar Corporation; Maxlinear Communications, LLC; Maxlinear, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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