Term ends Jul 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 6, 2026
Held by NXP USA, Inc.
Filed Dec 15, 2006 as application 11/611,356 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term plus 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2006
Jun 6, 2006
Term ends
Jul 5, 2027
Jul 5, 2027
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Nov 9, 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
394
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.
5
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 394 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 Jun 6, 2006, when application 11/448,447, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2006) | Jun 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +394 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 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 | Jul 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,102,916 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,582,650 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application 11/549,579 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,830,800 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,619,570 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2007 Reel 18919, frame 375 | Masterson, Anthony D.; Mobini, Amir M. | Xilient, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2007 Reel 19582, frame 748 | Masterson, Anthony D.; Mobini, Amir M. | Xilient, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2008 Reel 21847, frame 256 | Xilient, Inc. | Zenverge, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 15, 2015 Reel 34766, frame 476 | Zenverge LLC | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2015 Reel 34817, frame 375 | Zenverge, Inc. | Zenverge, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39138, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Supplement to the Security Agreement |
| Nov 8, 2016 Reel 40652, frame 180 | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 12, 2017 Reel 41354, frame 148 | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Listed Change of Name Should Be Merger and Change Previously Recorded at Reel: 040652 Frame: 0180. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
| Sep 10, 2019 Reel 50744, frame 97 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.