Term ends Jun 1, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2027
Filed Mar 6, 2012 as application 13/412,929 · Granted Jul 1, 2014
Base term plus 46 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2007
Apr 16, 2007
Term ends
Jun 1, 2027
Jun 1, 2027
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 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
46
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 8,151,319, to Jun 1, 2027. 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.
4
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 46 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 Apr 16, 2007, when application PCT/IB2007/051350, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2012) | Apr 16, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +46 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 1, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,151,319) | resolves to Jun 1, 2027, 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 | Jun 1, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,151,319 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,769,616 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,268,932 | In force no later than Apr 2027 | no later than Apr 2027 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2012 Reel 29106, frame 939 | Dhand, Harsh; Rao, Srinivasa | NXP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2014 Reel 33579, frame 267 | NXP B.V. | 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 |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39901, frame 237 | Broadcom Corporation | NXP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2016 Reel 40192, frame 701 | Bank of America N.A., as Collateral Agent | Broadcom Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| 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 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 46 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 8,151,319, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.