Term ends Dec 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 7, 2027
Filed Aug 7, 2007 as application 11/835,233 · Granted Mar 8, 2011
Base term plus 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2007
Aug 7, 2007
Term ends
Dec 19, 2027
Dec 19, 2027
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Mar 8, 2011
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
134
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.
4
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 134 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 7, 2007, when this application, 11/835,233, was filed | Aug 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +134 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 19, 2027 | 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 | Dec 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,903,576 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,094,576 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,432,827 | In force no later than Nov 2036 | no later than Nov 2036 |
| US 9,712,419 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
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 19, 2008 Reel 20968, frame 641 | Matityahu, Eldad; Shaw, Robert; Ramirez Carpio, Dennis Angelo; Le, Ky Hong; Lee, Dong Su | Net Optics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2014 Reel 32271, frame 151 | Net Optics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34870, frame 598 | Bank of America, N.A., Resigning Administrative Agent | Silicon Valley Bank, as Successor Administrative Agent | Notice of Substitution of Administrative Agent |
| Nov 19, 2015 Reel 37087, frame 622 | Net Optics, Inc. | Ixia | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2017 Reel 42126, frame 749 | Silicon Valley Bank, as Successor Administrative Agent | Net Optics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 Reel 44222, frame 695 | Ixia | Keysight Technologies Singapore (Holdings) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2018 Reel 48225, frame 65 | Keysight Technologies Singapore (Holdings) Pte. Ltd. | Keysight Technologies Singapore (Sales) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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