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Method and Grant Scheduler for Cyclically Allocating Time Slots to Optical Network Units

US 7,573,897 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 16, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Apr 18, 2005 as application 11/107,906 · Granted Aug 11, 2009
Base term plus 697 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2027
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2005
Term ends
Mar 16, 2027
Granted
Aug 11, 2009
base term patent term adjustment 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
697
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

This patent's term runs 697 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 18, 2005, when this application, 11/107,906, was filedApr 18, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+697 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 16, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 16, 2027High confidence

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
Apr 18, 2005
Reel 16493, frame 518
Elmoalem, Eli; Angel, Yehiel; Avishai, DavidBroadlight Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 6, 2005
Reel 17068, frame 931
Elmoalem, Eli; Angel, Yehiel; Avishai, DavidBroadlight Ltd.Re-Record to Correct the Assignee's Address on a Document Previously Recorded at Reel 016493, Frame 0518. (Assignment of Assignor's Interest)
Mar 8, 2007
Reel 18981, frame 325
Broadlight Ltd.Plenus Ii, Limited Partnership; Plenus II (D.C.M.), Limited PartnershipSecurity Agreement
Mar 8, 2007
reel/frame not recorded
Broadlight Ltd.Plenus Ii, Limited PartnershipSecurity Agreement
Mar 8, 2007
reel/frame not recorded
Broadlight Ltd.Plenus II (D.C.M.), Limited PartnershipSecurity Agreement
Jan 7, 2010
Reel 23741, frame 609
Plenus Ii, Limited Partnership; Plenus II (D.C.M.), Limited PartnershipBroadlight Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Nov 7, 2012
Reel 29256, frame 895
Broadcom Broadband Acess Ltd.Broadcom International LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2012
Reel 29256, frame 939
Broadcom International LimitedBroadcom CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2012
Reel 29259, frame 975
Broadlight Ltd.Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd.Change of Name
Feb 11, 2016
Reel 37806, frame 1
Broadcom CorporationBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 1, 2017
Reel 41706, frame 1
Broadcom CorporationAvago 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 AgentBroadcom CorporationTermination 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. LimitedMerger
Nov 5, 2018
Reel 47924, frame 571
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Merger Previously Recorded at Reel: 047195 Frame: 0827. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.

Sources

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