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Wireless Local Area Network and Access Point for a Wireless Local Area Network

US 8,345,584 in-force Maxlinear Inc · Filed Sep 26, 2007 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Also listed on Infineon Technologies Wireless Solutions GMBH, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 5, 2030

Base term plus 983 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Jun 2030
2007 2030
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2007
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Term ends
Jun 5, 2030
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
983
Days of PTA
2
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 983 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

How this date was computed

Every step shows its rule, its input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Sep 26, 2007Sep 26, 2027High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+983 days, USPTO PTA recordJun 5, 2030High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 5, 2030High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-09-26+20y | =2027-09-26 | PTA+983d=2030-06-05 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2016-06-21,8yr@2020-06-25,12yr@2024-07-01 | status=in-force@2030-06-05

This family

US 8,345,584this patentJun 2030
US 8,811,245in-forceSep 2027

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 13, 2008
reel/frame not recorded
Bry, Charles; Rohfleisch, BernhardInfineon Technologies AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 3, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Infineon Technologies AGInfineon Technologies Wireless Solutions GMBHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 15, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Infineon Technologies Wireless Solutions GMBHLantiq Deutschland GMBHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 29, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Lantiq Deutschland GMBHDeutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in U.S. Patents
Apr 17, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentLantiq Beteiligungs-Gmbh & Co. KGRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 025413/0340 and 025406/0677
Dec 18, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Lantiq Deutschland GMBHLantiq Beteiligungs-Gmbh & Co. KGMerger
Jan 17, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Lantiq Beteiligungs-Gmbh & Co. KG; Lantiq Deutschland GMBHLantiq Beteiligungs-Gmbh & Co. KGMerger and Change of Name
Jul 20, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Lantiq Beteiligungs-Gmbh & Co. KGIntel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53626, frame 636
Intel CorporationMaxlinear, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 9, 2021
Reel 56816, frame 89
Maxlinear, Inc.; Maxlinear Communications, LLC; Exar CorporationWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jul 9, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Exar Corporation; Maxlinear Communications, LLC; Maxlinear, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jul 1, 2026
Reel 75876, frame 823
Maxlinear, Inc.Quantefi CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
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Citations

16
later US patents cite this one
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