Also listed on Mu Dynamics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 21, 2025 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 26, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 5, 2027
Held by Viavi Solutions Licensing LLC
Filed Sep 5, 2007 as application 11/850,164 · Granted Aug 10, 2010
Base term plus 356 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2007
Sep 5, 2007
Term ends
Aug 26, 2028
Aug 26, 2028
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
356
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
2
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 356 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 5, 2007, when this application, 11/850,164, was filed | Sep 5, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +356 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 26, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,774,637 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,074,097 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
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 5, 2007 Reel 19786, frame 429 | Beddoe, Marshall A.; Maufer, Thomas A. | Mu Security, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2008 Reel 21062, frame 397 | Mu Security Inc. | Mu Dynamics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 13, 2014 Reel 33099, frame 185 | Mu Dynamics, Inc. | Spirent Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2025 Reel 73121, frame 549 | Spirent Communications, Inc. | Viavi Solutions Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2025 Reel 73189, frame 873 | Inertial Labs, Inc.; Viavi Solutions Inc.; Viavi Solutions Licensing LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 14, 2025 Reel 73571, frame 137 | Viavi Solutions Inc.; Viavi Solutions Licensing LLC; Inertial Labs, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 28, 2026 Reel 75642, frame 381 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Inertial Labs, Inc.; Viavi Solutions Inc.; Viavi Solutions Licensing LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 73189/0873 |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 356 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
105
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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