Term ends Dec 7, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 7, 2035
Held by Max Wireless, LLC
Filed Jun 21, 2019 as application 16/449,029 · Granted Sep 1, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Dec 7, 2015
Dec 7, 2015
Term ends
Dec 7, 2035
Dec 7, 2035
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Sep 1, 2020
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,334,571, to Dec 7, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 7, 2015, when application 14/961,380, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2019) | Dec 7, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,334,571) | resolves to Dec 7, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 7, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,334,571 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 10,390,328 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2016/030426 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,764,874 | this patent Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| Application 16/544,312 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50524, frame 278 | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2019 Reel 51536, frame 1 | Marvell International Ltd. | NXP USA, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2026 Reel 73802, frame 70 | NXP USA, Inc. | Max Wireless, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 7, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,334,571, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.