Also listed on RF Magic, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 24, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 17, 2028
Held by Entropic Communications, LLC
Filed Jan 17, 2008 as application 12/015,774 · Granted Aug 30, 2011
Base term plus 646 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jan 17, 2008
Jan 17, 2008
Term ends
Oct 24, 2029
Oct 24, 2029
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Aug 30, 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
646
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 646 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 Jan 17, 2008, when this application, 12/015,774, was filed | Jan 17, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +646 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 24, 2029 | 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 | Oct 24, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,009,725 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,300,681 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2008 Reel 20652, frame 118 | Petrovic, Branislav; Bargroff, Keith; Goldblatt, Jeremy | RF Magic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2014 Reel 32629, frame 792 | RF Magic, Inc. | Entropic Communications Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2015 Reel 35706, frame 267 | Excalibur Acquisition Corporation; Entropic Communications, Inc.; Entropic Communications, Inc. | Entropic Communications, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 19, 2015 Reel 35717, frame 628 | Entropic Communications, Inc.; Excalibur Subsidiary, LLC; Entropic Communications, LLC | Entropic Communications, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 12, 2017 Reel 42453, frame 1 | MaxLinear, Inc.; Entropic Communications, LLC (F/K/A Entropic Communications, Inc.); Exar Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2020 Reel 53115, frame 842 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Succession of Agency (REEL 042453 / Frame 0001) |
| Mar 30, 2021 Reel 55776, frame 482 | Entropic Communicatons LLC | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 31, 2021 Reel 55779, frame 1 | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc.; MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2021 Reel 55899, frame 291 | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Entropic Communications, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 Reel 56656, frame 204 | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc.; Exar Corporation; MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | Exar Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Mufg Union Bank, N.a. | MaxLinear Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 24, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 646 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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
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