Term ends Jan 12, 2030 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited

Filed May 31, 2007 as application 11/756,139 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Base term plus 957 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jan 12, 2030

2007 2030

Clock starts
May 31, 2007

Term ends
Jan 12, 2030

Granted
Aug 16, 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

957

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.

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 957 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 May 31, 2007, when this application, 11/756,139, was filed	May 31, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+957 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Jan 12, 2030	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 12, 2030	High confidence

This family

US 8,000,412	this patent Jan 2030	Jan 2030
US 8,964,905	In force Nov 2027	Nov 2027

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 31, 2007 Reel 19362, frame 644	Loinaz, Marc J.	Aeluros, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 29, 2007 Reel 20403, frame 192	Aeluros, Inc.	Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 17, 2009 Reel 22973, frame 710	Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.; Netlogic Microsystems International Limited; Netlogic Microsystems Caymans Limited	Silicon Valley Bank	Security Agreement
Aug 30, 2011 Reel 26830, frame 141	Silicon Valley Bank	Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.; Netlogic Microsystems International Limited; Netlogic Microsystems Caymans Limited	Release of Security Interest
Aug 30, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	Silicon Valley Bank	Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Aug 30, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	Silicon Valley Bank	Netlogic Microsystems International Limited	Release of Security Interest
Aug 30, 2011 reel/frame not recorded	Silicon Valley Bank	Netlogic Microsystems Caymans Limited	Release of Security 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
Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47196, frame 687	Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.	Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited	Merger
Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47630, frame 344	Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.	Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Merger to 9/5/2018 Previously Recorded at Reel: 047196 Frame: 0687. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
Mar 21, 2019 Reel 48883, frame 267	Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.	Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited	Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 47630 Frame: 344. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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What's changing

Jan 2030

Term ends Jan 12, 2030. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 957 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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