Lapsed May 26, 2013 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2027
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 31, 2007 as application 11/849,166 · Granted May 26, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 26, 2013
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2007
Aug 31, 2007
No longer in force
May 26, 2013
May 26, 2013
Granted
May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009
Term would have run to
Aug 31, 2027
Aug 31, 2027
base term
after the term ends
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.
0 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
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 Aug 31, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no 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 Aug 31, 2007, when this application, 11/849,166, was filed | Aug 31, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 26, 2013 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 26, 2013 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,538,695 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2013 | May 2013 |
| US 7,538,696 | this patent May 2013 | May 2013 |
| US 9,362,948 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2008/008107 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2009 Reel 22539, frame 390 | Laker, Robert William; Hass, David T. | Raza Microelectronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2009 Reel 22540, frame 178 | Raza Microelectronics, Inc. | Rmi Corporation | Change of Name |
| Feb 11, 2010 Reel 23926, frame 338 | Rmi Corporation | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35443, frame 763 | Netlogic I LLC | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35443, frame 824 | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Netlogic I LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37806, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41706, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2017 Reel 41712, frame 1 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Broadcom Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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