Also listed on Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 9, 2021 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Nov 22, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 18, 2022
Held by MaxLinear, Inc.
Filed Apr 9, 2004 as application 10/821,781 · Granted Nov 23, 2010
Base term plus 1526 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2002
2026
Clock starts
Sep 18, 2002
Sep 18, 2002
Term ends
Nov 22, 2026
Nov 22, 2026
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Nov 23, 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
1,526
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.
4
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 1526 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 18, 2002, when application PCT/SE2002/001688, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2004) | Sep 18, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1526 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 22, 2026 | 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 | Nov 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,839,993 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,588,403 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
2 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2004 Reel 15528, frame 188 | Barkaro, Stefan; Randahl, Torbjorn | Infineon Technologies AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2010 Reel 24474, frame 958 | Infineon Technologies AG | Infineon Technologies Wireless Solutions GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2010 Reel 24529, frame 614 | Infineon Technologies Wireless Solutions GmbH | Lantiq Deutschland GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2010 Reel 25406, frame 677 | Lantiq Deutschland GmbH | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in U.S. Patents |
| Apr 17, 2015 Reel 35453, frame 712 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 025413/0340 and 025406/0677 |
| Dec 18, 2017 Reel 44907, frame 45 | Lantiq Deutschland GmbH | Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG | Merger |
| Jan 17, 2018 Reel 45085, frame 292 | Lantiq Deutschland GmbH; Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG | Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jul 20, 2020 Reel 53259, frame 678 | Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2020 Reel 53626, frame 636 | Intel Corporation | MaxLinear, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2021 Reel 56816, frame 89 | MaxLinear, Inc.; MaxLinear Communications, LLC; Exar Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 22, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1526 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2010 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
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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.