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Term ends Nov 4, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jun 30, 2011 as application 13/173,576 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
May 31, 2007
Term ends
Nov 4, 2027
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
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
157
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 8,000,412, to Nov 4, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
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 runs 157 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 31, 2007, when application 11/756,139, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2011)May 31, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 4, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,000,412)resolves to Nov 4, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 4, 2027High confidence

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US 8,000,412In force
Jan 2030
Jan 2030
US 8,964,905this patent
Nov 2027
Nov 2027
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 25, 2011
Reel 26644, frame 592
Loinaz, MarcAeluros, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 25, 2011
Reel 26644, frame 711
Aeluros, Inc.Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 16, 2015
Reel 35443, frame 763
Netlogic I LLCBroadcom CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 16, 2015
Reel 35443, frame 824
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.Netlogic I LLCChange of Name
Feb 11, 2016
Reel 37806, frame 1
Broadcom CorporationBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 1, 2017
Reel 41706, frame 1
Broadcom CorporationAvago 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 AgentBroadcom CorporationTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 4, 2018
Reel 47229, frame 408
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedMerger
Oct 29, 2018
Reel 47349, frame 1
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date Previously Recorded on Reel 047229 Frame 0408. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Effective Date Is 09/05/2018.
Mar 22, 2019
Reel 51144, frame 648
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 9,385,856 to 9,385,756 Previously Recorded at Reel: 47349 Frame: 001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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