Term ends Jul 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 21, 2026
Held by Bell Semiconductor, LLC
Filed Jul 21, 2006 as application 11/459,249 · Granted May 31, 2011
Base term plus 363 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jul 21, 2006
Jul 21, 2006
Term ends
Jul 19, 2027
Jul 19, 2027
Granted
May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011
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
363
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.
3
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 363 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 Jul 21, 2006, when this application, 11/459,249, was filed | Jul 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +363 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 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 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,952,206 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,507,317 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 13/934,110 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2006 Reel 17977, frame 242 | Bachman, Mark A.; Bitting, Donald S.; Chittipeddi, Sailesh; Kang, Seung H.; Merchant, Sailesh M. | Agere Systems Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2014 Reel 32856, frame 31 | LSI Corporation; Agere Systems LLC | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 3, 2015 Reel 35365, frame 634 | Agere Systems LLC | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37684, frame 39 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | LSI Corporation; Agere Systems LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 032856-0031) |
| Feb 2, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | LSI Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 032856-0031) |
| Feb 2, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Agere Systems LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 032856-0031) |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37808, frame 1 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 3, 2017 Reel 41710, frame 1 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 17, 2017 Reel 44886, frame 766 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Broadcom Corporation | Bell Semiconductor, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2018 Reel 45216, frame 20 | Hilco Patent Acquisition 56, LLC; Bell Semiconductor, LLC; Bell Northern Research, LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2022 Reel 59723, frame 382 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Hilco Patent Acquisition 56, LLC; Bell Semiconductor, LLC; Bell Northern Research, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Hilco Patent Acquisition 56, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Bell Semiconductor, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Bell Northern Research, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 363 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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