Term ends Dec 10, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 19, 2026
Held by NXP USA, Inc.
Filed Jul 17, 2007 as application 11/795,434 · Granted Apr 30, 2013
Base term plus 1056 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2006
Jan 19, 2006
Term ends
Dec 10, 2028
Dec 10, 2028
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013
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
1,056
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.
43
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 1056 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 Jan 19, 2006, when application PCT/GB2006/000195, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2007) | Jan 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1056 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 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 | Dec 10, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/276,610 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 7,095,744 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 |
| US 7,088,731 | Term ended Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 6,835,131 | Term ended Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| US 6,704,372 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2016 | Mar 2016 |
| US 7,388,930 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 6,791,423 | Term ended Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| US 7,353,004 | Term ended Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
8 of 43 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2007 Reel 19663, frame 529 | Symons, Peter | Innovision Research & Technology PLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2013 Reel 30059, frame 162 | Innovision Research & Technology PLC | Broadcom Innovision Limited | Change of Name |
| Mar 7, 2014 Reel 32400, frame 673 | Broadcom Innovision Limited | Broadcom Europe Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2017 Reel 41749, frame 105 | Broadcom Europe Limited | NXP USA, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 10, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1056 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
200
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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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