Also listed on Ralink Technology (Singapore) Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 30, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2029
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,228,806), so the cap could be lower.
Held by MediaTek Inc.
Filed Feb 11, 2011 as application 13/026,128 · Granted Mar 10, 2015
Base term plus 703 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 21, 2009
Term ends
Jan 30, 2030
Jan 30, 2030
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 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
703
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,228,806.
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.
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 703 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 21, 2009, when application 12/563,979, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2011) | Sep 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +703 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,228,806) | capped to Jan 30, 2030 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 30, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,228,806 | In force no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| Application 12/700,651 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,976,674 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application 13/087,151 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2011 Reel 26203, frame 923 | Pare, JR., Thomas E.; Uln, Kiran | Ralink Technology (Singapore) Corporation Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26992, frame 524 | Ralink Technology (Singapore) Corporation | MediaTek Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 30, 2030.
Note
The 703 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,228,806.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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.