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Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd.

First filing 2002
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0 patents currently held, every record listed here

9 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

This portfolio holds none of the 9 US patents in force on its record. from the record

Of the 9 now held by other companies, 9 name Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited as their current owner. Each row says so.

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US 7,573,897 Method and Grant Scheduler for Cyclically Allocating Time Slots to Optical Network Units Mar 16, 2027
US 8,948,594 Enhanced Passive Optical Network (PON) Processor no later than Aug 28, 2027
US 8,873,960 Techniques for Detecting Optical Faults in Passive Optical Networks May 15, 2031
US 8,437,635 Method for Enabling Ac Coupling of High-Speed Burst Data Signals Transmitted in Optical Networks Aug 2, 2031
US 8,451,864 Passive Optical Network Processor with a Programmable Data Path Oct 4, 2031
US 9,565,120 Method and System for Performing Distributed Deep-Packet Inspection Jan 30, 2032
US 9,118,982 Optical Line Terminal (OLT) Optical Module Adapted to Perform Optical Unit Network (ONU) Functionality Mar 9, 2032
US 9,059,946 Passive Optical Network (PON) Packet Processor May 5, 2032
US 9,118,412 System and Method for Performing In-Band Reflection Analysis in a Passive Optical Network Oct 10, 2033
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Every computed term in this portfolio is shown above.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

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
Cited by 24 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 2 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
Ends May 2031 · Low confidence
Also notable
Granted 2015 and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2032.
Ends May 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2013 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2031.
Ends Oct 2031 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.

Recent changes

  • 2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

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Also on record: 9 patents in force now held by others · 28 patents ended · 4 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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