Lapsed Oct 4, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 28, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Sep 20, 2010 as application 12/885,770 · Granted Oct 4, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 4, 2023
2007
2027
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2007
Feb 28, 2007
No longer in force
Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Oct 4, 2011
Term would have run to
Feb 28, 2027
Feb 28, 2027
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
2
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 Feb 28, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no 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 Feb 28, 2007, when application 11/680,008, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 20, 2010) | Feb 28, 2027 | 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 | 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 Oct 4, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 4, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,865,654 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,032,684 | this patent Oct 2023 | Oct 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 27, 2010 Reel 25046, frame 276 | Pettey, Christopher J.; Glaser, Stephen | Emulex Design and Manufacturing Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2014 Reel 32087, frame 842 | Emulex Design and Manufacturing Corporation | Emulex Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 23, 2015 Reel 36942, frame 213 | Emulex Corporation | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37808, frame 1 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 3, 2017 Reel 41710, frame 1 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 5, 2018 Reel 47422, frame 464 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Mar 6, 2019 Reel 48883, frame 702 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 047422 Frame: 0464. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
Sources
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Citations
36
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.
How we rank
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