Term ends Apr 17, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 4, 2030
Filed Jun 22, 2010 as application 12/821,094 · Granted May 14, 2013
Base term plus 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010
Term ends
Apr 17, 2031
Apr 17, 2031
Granted
May 14, 2013
May 14, 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
317
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,204,337, to Apr 17, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
21
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 317 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jun 4, 2010, when applications 12/794,707 and 12/794,711, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 22, 2010) | Jun 4, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +317 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 17, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,204,337) | resolves to Apr 17, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 17, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,379,858 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application 12/794,707 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,498,359 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,526,351 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,197,298 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,804,495 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,582,485 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,441,975 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2010 Reel 24668, frame 178 | Amini, Peiman; Fischer, Matthew James; Erceg, Vinko; Lauer, Joseph Paul; Kim, Joonsuk | 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 |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41706, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | 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 |
| Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47230, frame 133 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47630, frame 456 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Merger to 09/05/2018 Previously Recorded at Reel: 047230 Frame: 0133. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 17, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,204,337, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.