Term ends Jun 16, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2029
Held by MediaTek Inc.
Filed Sep 20, 2012 as application 13/623,579 · Granted Dec 16, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2009
Jun 16, 2009
Term ends
Jun 16, 2029
Jun 16, 2029
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
2
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 16, 2009, when application 12/485,468, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 20, 2012) | Jun 16, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Jun 16, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,295,301 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,913,629 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
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 13, 2013 Reel 29802, frame 932 | Yonge, Lawrence W., III; Katar, Srinivas; Earnshaw, William E. | Intellon Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29803, frame 150 | Intellon Corporation | Atheros Powerline LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29803, frame 263 | Atheros Powerline LLC | Atheros Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29806, frame 325 | Atheros Communications, Inc. | Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29806, frame 852 | Isson, Olivier | Spidcom Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29807, frame 71 | Dixon, Paul | Hisilicon Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 150 | Galli, Stefano; Kurobe, Akio; Koga, Hisao; Kodama, Nobutaka | Panasonic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 242 | Logvinov, Oleg | Arkados, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 320 | Arkados, Inc. | Stmicroelectronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 421 | Molina, Jose Abad | Gigle Semiconductor | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 508 | Gigle Semiconductor S.L. | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 588 | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l. | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29808, frame 615 | Broadcom Corporation | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2018 Reel 47863, frame 431 | Spidcom Technologies | Mstar Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2019 Reel 50665, frame 1 | Mstar Semiconductor, Inc. | MediaTek Inc. | Merger |
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