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Data Transmission Scheme Using Channel Group and Docsis Implementation Thereof

US 7,567,620 in-force Maxlinear Inc · Filed Jun 22, 2005 · Granted Jul 28, 2009

Also listed on Texas Instruments Incorporated, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 3, 2027

Base term plus 591 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 5 months
2005 2027
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2005
Granted
Jul 28, 2009
Term ends
Feb 3, 2027
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
591
Days of PTA
3
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 591 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Jun 22, 2005Jun 22, 2025High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+591 days, USPTO PTA recordFeb 3, 2027High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 3, 2027High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2005-06-22+20y | =2025-06-22 | PTA+591d=2027-02-03 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2013-02-13,8yr@2017-01-12,12yr@2021-03-19 | status=in-force@2027-02-03

This family

US 7,567,620this patentFeb 2027
US 7,969,873expired-termNov 2025

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 22, 2005
reel/frame not recorded
Rozental, RomanTexas Instruments IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 5, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Texas Instruments IncorporatedIntel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53626, frame 636
Intel CorporationMaxlinear, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 9, 2021
Reel 56816, frame 89
Maxlinear, Inc.; Maxlinear Communications, LLC; Exar CorporationWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jul 9, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Exar Corporation; Maxlinear Communications, LLC; Maxlinear, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
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Citations

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