Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 20, 2019 (Shenzhen Xinguodu Technology Co., Ltd.).
Term ends Dec 4, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 28, 2027
Held by Vlsi Technology LLC
Filed Sep 28, 2007 as application 11/864,257 · Granted May 18, 2010
Base term plus 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2007
Sep 28, 2007
Term ends
Dec 4, 2027
Dec 4, 2027
Granted
May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
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
67
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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 67 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 28, 2007, when this application, 11/864,257, was filed | Sep 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +67 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 4, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,719,039 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2008/072551 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2007 Reel 19897, frame 213 | Muralidhar, Ramachandran; Merchant, Tushar P.; Rao, Rajesh A. | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2008 Reel 20518, frame 215 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Citibank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Mar 15, 2010 Reel 24085, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Citibank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| May 13, 2010 Reel 24397, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 18, 2013 Reel 30633, frame 424 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2013 Reel 31591, frame 266 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 21, 2015 Reel 37356, frame 553 | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Patent Release |
| Jan 12, 2016 Reel 37486, frame 517 | Citibank, N.a. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Assignment and Assumption of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 13, 2016 Reel 37518, frame 292 | Citibank, N.a. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Assignment and Assumption of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39138, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Supplement to the Security Agreement |
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 40925, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP, B.V., F/K/A Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2016 Reel 40928, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2016 Reel 40632, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41703, frame 536 | Citibank, N.a. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patents 8108266 and 8062324 and Replace Them with 6108266 and 8060324 Previously Recorded on Reel 037518 Frame 0292. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment and Assumption of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Sep 21, 2017 Reel 44209, frame 47 | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 040632 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
| Jan 17, 2018 Reel 45084, frame 184 | NXP USA, Inc. | Vlsi Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48734, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Shenzhen Xinguodu Technology Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct the Application No. from 13,883,290 to 13,833,290 Previously Recorded on Reel 041703 Frame 0536. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Assignment and Assumption of Security Interest in Patents.. |
| Sep 10, 2019 Reel 50744, frame 97 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 10, 2019 Reel 53547, frame 421 | Citibank, N.a. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 11759915 and Replace It with Application 11759935 Previously Recorded on Reel 037486 Frame 0517. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment and Assumption of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Jan 17, 2020 Reel 52915, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 11759915 and Replace It with Application 11759935 Previously Recorded on Reel 040928 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Feb 17, 2020 Reel 52917, frame 1 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP, B.V. F/K/A Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 11759915 and Replace It with Application 11759935 Previously Recorded on Reel 040925 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
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Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 4, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
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