Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 22, 2019 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).

Term ends Jan 4, 2028 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by ST-Ericsson S.A.

Filed Feb 19, 2010 as application 12/448,827 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jan 4, 2028

2008 2028

Clock starts
Jan 4, 2008

Term ends
Jan 4, 2028

Granted
Aug 16, 2011

base term 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

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.

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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Jan 4, 2008, when application PCT/IB2008/050017, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 19, 2010)	Jan 4, 2028	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	3 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jan 4, 2028	High confidence

This family

US 7,999,587

this patent

Jan 2028

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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 17, 2010 Reel 23949, frame 229	Vromans, Jan S.; Dekkers, Jan C.a.; De Jong, Gerben W.	NXP B.V.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 17, 2010 Reel 24082, frame 524	NXP B.V.	ST Wireless S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37683, frame 128	ST Wireless S.A.	ST-Ericsson S.A.	Change of Name
Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37739, frame 493	ST-Ericsson S.A.	ST-Ericsson S.A., En Liquidation	Status Change-Entity in Liquidation
Mar 7, 2016 Reel 38017, frame 58	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Security Agreement Supplement
Jul 14, 2016 Reel 39361, frame 212	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12092129 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
May 9, 2017 Reel 42762, frame 145	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
May 9, 2017 Reel 42985, frame 1	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Sep 10, 2019 Reel 50745, frame 1	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	NXP B.V.	Release of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51029, frame 1	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042985 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51029, frame 387	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51030, frame 1	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019 Reel 51145, frame 184	NXP B.V.	Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042762 Frame 0145. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.

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