Lapsed Mar 29, 2015 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2027
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Mar 26, 2007 as application 11/728,725 · Granted Mar 29, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 29, 2015
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2007
Mar 26, 2007
No longer in force
Mar 29, 2015
Mar 29, 2015
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Mar 29, 2011
Term would have run to
Mar 26, 2027
Mar 26, 2027
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 26, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 26, 2007, when this application, 11/728,725, was filed | Mar 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 29, 2015 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2015 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,917,337 | this patent Mar 2015 | Mar 2015 |
| US 7,693,672 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/020820 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,370,113 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2008/006433 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,032,336 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 8,660,820 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| US 9,197,262 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2007 Reel 19324, frame 904 | Batruni, Roy G. | Optichron, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2010 Reel 25434, frame 718 | Optichron, Inc. | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 14, 2011 Reel 26592, frame 811 | Optichron, Inc. | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35443, frame 763 | Netlogic I LLC | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35443, frame 824 | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Netlogic I LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37806, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41706, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Avago 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 Agent | Broadcom Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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