Lapsed Aug 18, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 12, 2021
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Broadcom Corporation
Filed Feb 3, 2004 as application 10/770,912 · Granted Aug 18, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 18, 2021
2001
2026
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2001
Sep 12, 2001
No longer in force
Aug 18, 2021
Aug 18, 2021
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
Aug 18, 2009
Term would have run to
Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
296
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 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.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jul 5, 2022: its 20-year base term plus 296 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Sep 12, 2001, when application 09/951,693, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 3, 2004) | Sep 12, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +296 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 2022 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 18, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 18, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 09/951,693 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,149,248 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2014 | Dec 2014 |
| US 7,342,967 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| Application 10/317,454 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,923,688 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,577,204 | this patent Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| Application 11/103,819 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,009,741 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
8 of 9 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 20, 2004 Reel 14656, frame 645 | Aggarwal, Gaurav; Kellerman, Marcus; Erickson, David | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37806, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 3, 2017 Reel 41712, frame 1 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Broadcom Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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Note
The 296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2009 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.