Lapsed Jul 7, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Mar 26, 2007 as application 11/691,460 · Granted Jul 7, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 7, 2021
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2007
Mar 26, 2007
No longer in force
Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021
Granted
Jul 7, 2009
Jul 7, 2009
Term would have run to
Jun 22, 2027
Jun 22, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
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
88
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.
30
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 Jun 22, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 88 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, 2007, when this application, 11/691,460, was filed | Mar 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +88 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 22, 2027 | 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 Jul 7, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 7, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,714,780 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| Application 11/472,205 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/527,959 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,893,878 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 7,557,758 | this patent Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| Application 12/188,060 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/188,073 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,180,285 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2007 Reel 19472, frame 538 | Rofougaran, Ahmadreza (Reza) | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47195, frame 827 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Nov 5, 2018 Reel 47924, frame 571 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Merger Previously Recorded at Reel: 047195 Frame: 0827. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
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Note
The 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
289
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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