Also listed on Synopsys, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 1, 2026
Held by Mips Holding, Inc.
Filed Mar 3, 2015 as application 14/637,354 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term plus 10 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2006
Dec 1, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Jun 27, 2017
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
10
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 10 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Dec 1, 2006, when application 11/607,452, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 3, 2015) | Dec 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +10 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,127,113 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,003,166 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,690,630 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 35949, frame 666 | Sinha, Navendu; Jordan, William Charles; Moyer, Byron Irwin; Fricke, Stephen John Joseph; Attias, Roberto; Deshpande, Akash Renukadas; Gupta, Vineet; Sonakiya, Shobhit | Teja Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 35999, frame 864 | Teja Technologies, Inc. | Arc International IP, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36046, frame 709 | Virage Logic Corporation; VL C.V.; Arc Cores Limited; Arc International I.P., Inc.; Arc International Intellectual Property, Inc.; Arc International Limited, Formerly Arc International PLC; Arc International (UK) Limited | Synopsys, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75801, frame 225 | Synopsys, Inc. | Mips Holding, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 10 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.