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Method and System for Providing a High Speed Multi-Stream Mpeg Processor

US 7,720,147 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Broadlogic Network Technologies Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 12, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jul 9, 2004 as application 10/888,551 · Granted May 18, 2010
Base term plus 1251 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2027
Clock starts
Jul 9, 2004
Term ends
Dec 12, 2027
Granted
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
1,251
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 1251 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 Jul 9, 2004, when this application, 10/888,551, was filedJul 9, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1251 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 12, 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 orderDec 12, 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
Oct 26, 2004
Reel 15926, frame 445
Zhang, Weimin; Liu, Binfan; Wang, ZhongqiangBroadlogic Network Technologies Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2013
Reel 30704, frame 725
Broadlogic Network Technologies, Inc.Broadcom CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
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 47196, frame 687
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedMerger
Oct 29, 2018
Reel 47630, frame 344
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Merger to 9/5/2018 Previously Recorded at Reel: 047196 Frame: 0687. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
Mar 21, 2019
Reel 48883, frame 267
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 47630 Frame: 344. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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