Term ends Dec 14, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 25, 2031
Held by NXP USA, Inc.
Filed Feb 25, 2011 as application 13/035,417 · Granted Feb 18, 2014
Base term plus 292 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2011
Feb 25, 2011
Term ends
Dec 14, 2031
Dec 14, 2031
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Feb 18, 2014
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
292
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.
28
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 292 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 Feb 25, 2011, when this application, 13/035,417, was filed | Feb 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +292 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 14, 2031 | 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 14, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,590,468 | Term ended Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 6,864,757 | Term ended Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| US 6,759,918 | Term ended Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| Application 10/938,898 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,865,154 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Application 11/336,566 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,869,186 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,064,188 | Surrendered on reissue Jul 2014 | Jul 2014 |
8 of 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2011 Reel 25873, frame 157 | Mendolia, Gregory | Paratek Microwave, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2013 Reel 30314, frame 536 | Paratek Microwave, Inc. | Research in Motion RF, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 30, 2013 Reel 30909, frame 908 | Research in Motion RF, Inc. | Research in Motion Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2013 Reel 30909, frame 933 | Research in Motion Corporation | BlackBerry Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2020 Reel 52095, frame 443 | BlackBerry Limited | NXP USA, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 14, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 292 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
139
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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