Term ends Jun 11, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 10, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by NXP USA, Inc.
Filed Aug 29, 2008 as application 12/201,020 · Granted May 15, 2012
Base term plus 824 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2006
Mar 10, 2006
Term ends
Jun 11, 2028
Jun 11, 2028
Granted
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
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
824
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.
30
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 824 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 10, 2006, when application 11/372,560, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 29, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +824 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 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 | Jun 11, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,714,780 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| Application 11/472,205 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/527,959 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,893,878 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 7,557,758 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
| Application 12/188,060 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/188,073 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,180,285 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2008 Reel 21460, frame 989 | Rofougaran, Ahmadreza Reza | 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 |
| Sep 30, 2016 Reel 40192, frame 701 | Bank of America N.A., as Collateral Agent | Broadcom Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2016 Reel 40569, frame 572 | Broadcom Corporation | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Mar 28, 2017 Reel 42108, frame 597 | Broadcom Corporation | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Add Omitted Page 6 of 22 to the Assignment Agreement Previously Recorded at Reel: 040569 Frame: 0572. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 22, 2017 Reel 42525, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.; NXP USA, Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 11, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 824 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.