Term ends Mar 17, 2021 · Medium confidence
Statutory term ends Apr 1, 2023
Base term plus 290 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expired Mar 2021
2003
2026
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2003
Apr 1, 2003
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
No longer in force
Mar 17, 2021
Mar 17, 2021
Term would have run to
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
290
Days of PTA
27
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 290 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 | +290 days, USPTO PTA record | Jan 16, 2024 | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 17, 2021 | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 17, 2021 | Medium |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2003-04-01+20y | =2023-04-01 | PTA+290d=2024-01-16 | PTE:none | TD:approved | paid 4yr@2012-09-17,8yr@2016-09-19; 12yr fee not paid - grace period ended 2021-03-17, expired as of grace end; USPTO recorded EXP. event(s) also on 2021-04-19 (administrative date - statutory grace end above governs) | status=expired-fees@2021-03-17
terminal disclaimer approved - true expiration may be capped to family sibling
This family
| US 6,995,617 | expired-term | Nov 2023 |
| US 6,980,059 | expired-term | Apr 2023 |
| US 7,272,203 | expired-fees | Sep 2019 |
| US 7,504,890 | this patent | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2006 reel/frame not recorded | Zhang, Wenjun; Citta, Richard W.; Lopresto, Scott M.; Xia, Jingsong | Linx Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2006 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 |
| 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 |
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 290 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 17, 2021. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: base rule, PTA, PTE, disclaimer caps, fee overlay, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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