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Wireless Network and Access Point for a Wireless Network

US 8,811,245 in-force Maxlinear Inc · Filed Dec 31, 2012 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Term ends Sep 26, 2027 · Medium confidence

Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 12 months
2007 2027
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2007
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Term ends
Sep 26, 2027
base term fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
0
Days of PTA
2
Applications in this family

This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How this date was computed

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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 adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,345,584)resolves to Sep 26, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 26, 2027Medium

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-09-26+20y | =2027-09-26 | PTA+0d=2027-09-26 | PTE:none | TD:approved | paid 4yr@2018-02-08,8yr@2022-02-21,12yr@2026-02-19 | status=in-force@2027-09-26 | TD-cap from disclaimer doc (refs 8345584) -> 2027-09-26
terminal disclaimer approved - true expiration may be capped to family sibling

This family

US 8,345,584in-forceJun 2030
US 8,811,245this patentSep 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
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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Disclaimer cap

This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,345,584.

Citations

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