Term ends Nov 2, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 2, 2027
Held by Entropic Communications, LLC
Filed Dec 22, 2015 as application 14/978,049 · Granted Dec 26, 2017
Base term plus 104 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Nov 2, 2007
Nov 2, 2007
Term ends
Nov 2, 2027
Nov 2, 2027
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 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
104
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 8,086,170, US 8,892,026, US 9,413,476.
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.
12
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 104 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Nov 2, 2007, when applications 11/934,484 and 11/934,715, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2015) | Nov 2, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +104 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,086,170, US 8,892,026, US 9,413,476) | capped to Nov 2, 2027 | 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 | Nov 2, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/934,715 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/934,484 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,219,557 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,086,170 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,892,026 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,413,476 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,853,757 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 10,439,746 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2017 Reel 42453, frame 1 | MaxLinear, Inc.; Entropic Communications, LLC (F/K/A Entropic Communications, Inc.); Exar Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2020 Reel 53115, frame 842 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Succession of Agency (REEL 042453 / Frame 0001) |
| Mar 30, 2021 Reel 55776, frame 482 | Entropic Communicatons LLC | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 31, 2021 Reel 55779, frame 1 | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc.; MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2021 Reel 55899, frame 291 | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Entropic Communications, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 Reel 56656, frame 204 | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc.; Exar Corporation; MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Exar Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security 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
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 2, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 104 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 8,086,170, US 8,892,026, US 9,413,476.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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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