Term ends Aug 16, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2029
Held by NXP USA, Inc.
Filed Jan 29, 2009 as application 12/362,389 · Granted Nov 1, 2011
Base term plus 199 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2009
Jan 29, 2009
Term ends
Aug 16, 2029
Aug 16, 2029
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Nov 1, 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
199
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.
2
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 199 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 29, 2009, when this application, 12/362,389, was filed | Jan 29, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +199 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 16, 2029 | 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 | Aug 16, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,050,289 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,526,465 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2009 Reel 22347, frame 28 | Masterson, Anthony D.; Mobini, Amir M. | Zenverge, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2015 Reel 34766, frame 476 | Zenverge LLC | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2015 Reel 34817, frame 375 | Zenverge, Inc. | Zenverge, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39138, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Supplement to the Security Agreement |
| Nov 8, 2016 Reel 40652, frame 180 | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 12, 2017 Reel 41354, frame 148 | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Listed Change of Name Should Be Merger and Change Previously Recorded at Reel: 040652 Frame: 0180. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
| Sep 10, 2019 Reel 50744, frame 97 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 16, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 199 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
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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