Term ends Mar 5, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2028
Filed May 21, 2008 as application 12/124,382 · Granted Aug 23, 2011
Base term plus 653 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
May 21, 2008
May 21, 2008
Term ends
Mar 5, 2030
Mar 5, 2030
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Aug 23, 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
653
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.
6
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 653 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 21, 2008, when this application, 12/124,382, was filed | May 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +653 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 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 | Mar 5, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,005,152 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/044551 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,705,634 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 9,240,803 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,320,433 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,331,461 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
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, 2008 Reel 20978, frame 72 | Wegener, Albert W | Samplify Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2011 Reel 27369, frame 827 | Samplify Systems, Inc. | Integrated Device Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 42166, frame 431 | Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Gigpeak, Inc.; Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.; Endwave Corporation; Chipx, Incorporated | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Integrated Device Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Gigpeak, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Chipx, Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Endwave Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 Reel 48746, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Gigpeak, Inc.; Chipx, Incorporated; Endwave Corporation; Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 5, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 653 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
149
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.