Term ends Mar 15, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 30, 2024
Held by NXP B.V.
Filed Sep 30, 2004 as application 10/955,806 · Granted Dec 18, 2012
Base term plus 896 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2004
Sep 30, 2004
Term ends
Mar 15, 2027
Mar 15, 2027
Granted
Dec 18, 2012
Dec 18, 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
896
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.
7
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 896 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 Sep 30, 2004, when this application, 10/955,806, was filed | Sep 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +896 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 15, 2027 | 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 15, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,333,317 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,171,531 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,572,713 | In force no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| US 8,806,616 | Term ended no later than Sep 2024 | no later than Sep 2024 |
| US 8,739,266 | In force no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| Application 14/285,228 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/447,131 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2004 Reel 15864, frame 356 | Buer, Mark; Frank, Ed; Seshadri, Nambi | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37806, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 10, 2016 Reel 39646, frame 92 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Broadcom Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39901, frame 237 | Broadcom Corporation | NXP B.V. | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 15, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 896 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
186
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.