Term ends Oct 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 4, 2030
Filed Jun 8, 2010 as application 12/796,655 · Granted Nov 24, 2015
Base term plus 1210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010
Term ends
Oct 15, 2031
Oct 15, 2031
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 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
1,210
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 8,717,957, US 8,861,447.
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.
21
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 1210 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: 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 Jun 4, 2010, when applications 12/794,707 and 12/794,711, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2010) | Jun 4, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1210 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 26, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,717,957, US 8,861,447) | capped to Oct 15, 2031 | High 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 | Oct 15, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,379,858 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| Application 12/794,707 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,498,359 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,526,351 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,197,298 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,804,495 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,582,485 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,441,975 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2010 Reel 24583, frame 96 | Kim, Joonsuk; Fischer, Matthew James; Amini, Peiman; Lauer, Joseph Paul; Erceg, Vinko; Aldana, Carlos H.; Ojard, Eric J.; Ariyavisitakul, Sirikiat Lek | 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 |
| 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 |
| Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47229, frame 408 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47349, frame 1 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective 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. Limited | Corrective 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. |
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 15, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1210 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 8,717,957, US 8,861,447.
Citations
368
later US patents cite this one
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