Also listed on Trident Microsystems Far East Ltd, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 7, 2029
Statutory term ends Dec 16, 2025
Base term plus 1208 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Apr 2029
2005
2029
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2005
Dec 16, 2005
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Aug 3, 2010
Term ends
Apr 7, 2029
Apr 7, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
1,208
Days of PTA
21
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 1208 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
How this date was computed
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Dec 16, 2005 | Dec 16, 2025 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | +1208 days, USPTO PTA record | Apr 7, 2029 | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | in-force | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 7, 2029 | High |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2005-12-16+20y | =2025-12-16 | PTA+1208d=2029-04-07 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2014-02-03,8yr@2018-02-05,12yr@2022-02-03 | status=in-force@2029-04-07
This family
| US 6,938,063 | expired-term | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,098,964 | expired-fees | Aug 2018 |
| US 7,142,249 | expired-fees | Nov 2018 |
| US 7,930,174 | expired-fees | Apr 2019 |
| US 7,864,904 | expired-fees | Jan 2019 |
| US 8,687,695 | expired-fees | Apr 2022 |
| US 7,693,327 | expired-fees | Apr 2014 |
| US 7,770,090 | this patent | Apr 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2006 reel/frame not recorded | Conexant Systems, Inc. | Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Arad, Eran; Goldenberg, Yoav; Hershkovitz, Ronen; Kalit, Gadi; Kons, Shachar; Gur, Shimon | Conexant Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (FORMERLY, Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.) | Conexant Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 16, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Conexant Systems, Inc. | NXP, B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | NXP | NXP Holding 1 B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | NXP Holding 1 B.V.; Trident Microsystems (EUROPE) B.V. | Trident Microsystems (FAR East) Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Trident Microsystems (FAR East) Ltd.; Trident Microsystems, Inc. | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Entropic Communications, Inc.; Entropic Communications, Inc.; Excalibur Acquisition Corporation | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 19, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Entropic Communications, Inc.; Entropic Communications, LLC; Excalibur Subsidiary, LLC | Entropic Communications, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 12, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Entropic Communications, LLC (F/K/A Entropic Communications, Inc.); Exar Corporation; Maxlinear, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | Mufg Union Bank, N.A. | Succession of Agency (REEL 042453 / Frame 0001) |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.A. | Maxlinear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1208 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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