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Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Dec 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2038 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Apr 2037 · High confidence
Highly Integrated Scalable, Flexible DSP Megamodule Architecture
US 9,606,803
Cited by 168 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
Reconfigurable Matrix Multiplier System and Method
US 10,817,587
Cited by 92 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.
Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) Parameter Signaling
US 10,070,152
Cited by 91 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2037.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 191 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 234 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 234 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 242 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 261 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 207 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 218 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 293 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 211 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 270 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 216 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 114 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Oct 30Assignment recorded on 1 record: Chen, Jie and 4 others to Texas Instruments Incorporated Recorded Oct 30, 2026, executed Oct 30, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76572, frame 683.
- Oct 5Assignment recorded on US 12,765,337: Cook, Benjamin to Texas Instruments Incorporated Recorded Oct 5, 2026, executed Jun 16, 2014. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76659, frame 123.
- 209 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 112 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 9,588 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Highly Integrated Scalable, Flexible DSP Megamodule Architecture | 71 in force | to Sep 2036 |
| Ic Scan and Test Circuitry with Up Control Circuitry | 15 in force | to Dec 2033 |
| Serial Compressed Data I/O in a Parallel Test Compression Architecture | 14 in force | to Jun 2030 |
| Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) Parameter Signaling | 12 in force | to Apr 2037 |
| IC TAP With Dual Port Router And Additional Capture Input | 11 in force | to Mar 2033 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,391,262 | Circuit and Method for Driving Bulk Capacitance of Amplifier Input Transistors In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,421,633 | Controller Receiving Combined Tms/Tdi and Supplying Separate TMS and Tdi In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,430,072 | System and Method for Increasing Image Quality in a Display System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,663,351 | Synchronization Circuitry for Multiple Power Converters Coupled at a Common Node In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,904,854 | System and Method for Checking for Sub-Resolution Assist Features In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,457,993 | Error Free Dynamic Rate Change in a Digital Subscriber Line DSL with Constant Delay. In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,560,973 | Gate Driver Circuit for Power Transistor In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,535,285 | Band-Gap Voltage Reference Circuit In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,375,599 | Analog Circuit and Method for Multiplying Clock Frequency In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,435,638 | Dual Poly Deposition and Through Gate Oxide Implants In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 13,691: 154 patents in force now held by others · 3,988 patents ended · 2,298 applications pending · 2,893 applications abandoned · 1 record of undetermined status. 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.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.