Lapsed Sep 8, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 5, 2025
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 16, 2005 as application 11/205,505 · Granted Sep 8, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 561 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 8, 2021
2005
2027
Clock starts
Jul 5, 2005
Jul 5, 2005
No longer in force
Sep 8, 2021
Sep 8, 2021
Granted
Sep 8, 2009
Sep 8, 2009
Term would have run to
Jan 17, 2027
Jan 17, 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
561
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
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 Jan 17, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 561 days of term adjustment for 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 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 Jul 5, 2005, when application 11/175,621, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2005) | Jul 5, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +561 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 8, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 8, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,466,759 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 7,450,662 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/029302 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2005/029303 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,586,997 | this patent Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 7,477,698 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2005 Reel 16956, frame 365 | Vummintala, Shashidhar; Paultraj, Arogyaswami; Lindskog, Erik D.; Sundar, Balaji; Tujkovic, Djordje | Beceem Communications Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2006 Reel 17165, frame 1 | Vummintala, Shashidhar; Paulraj, Arogyaswami; Lindskog, Erik D.; Rajan, Balaji .S; Tujkovic, Djordje | Beceem Communications Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2010 Reel 25473, frame 591 | Beceem Communications, Inc. | 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. |
Sources
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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 561 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) 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 Sep 8, 2021. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
15
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: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.