Term ends Jun 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 1, 2026
Held by Mips Holding, Inc.
Filed Dec 1, 2006 as application 11/607,452 · Granted Feb 28, 2012
Base term plus 570 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2006
Dec 1, 2006
Term ends
Jun 23, 2028
Jun 23, 2028
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 28, 2012
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
570
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 570 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 Dec 1, 2006, when this application, 11/607,452, was filed | Dec 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +570 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 23, 2028 | 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 | Jun 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,127,113 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,003,166 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,690,630 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 30, 2007 Reel 19095, frame 757 | Sinha, Navendu; Jordan, William Charles; Moyer, Bryon Irwin; Fricke, Stephen John Jospeh; Attias, Roberto; Deshpande, Akash Renukadas; Gupta, Vineet; Sonakiya, Shobhit | Teja Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2007 Reel 20143, frame 918 | Teja Technologies, Inc. | Arc International I.P., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2010 Reel 25105, frame 907 | Virage Logic Corporation; VL C.V.; Arc Cores Limited; Arc International I.P., Inc.; Arc International Intellectual Property, Inc.; Arc International Limited, Formerly Arc International PLC; Arc International (UK) Limited | Synopsys, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75801, frame 225 | Synopsys, Inc. | Mips Holding, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 23, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 570 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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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.