Also listed on Broadcom Networks Spain, S.L., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 27, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2029
Held by MediaTek Inc.
Filed Jun 16, 2009 as application 12/485,468 · Granted Oct 23, 2012
Base term plus 649 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2009
Jun 16, 2009
Term ends
Mar 27, 2031
Mar 27, 2031
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Oct 23, 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
649
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 649 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 16, 2009, when this application, 12/485,468, was filed | Jun 16, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +649 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 27, 2031 | 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 | Mar 27, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,295,301 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,913,629 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2009 Reel 23624, frame 35 | Isson, Olivier | Spidcom Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2009 Reel 23624, frame 44 | Molina, Jose Abad | Gigle Semiconductor | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2009 Reel 23624, frame 47 | Dixon, Paul | Hisilicon Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2009 Reel 23624, frame 114 | Yonge Iii, Lawrence W.; Katar, Srinivas; Earnshaw, William E. | Intellon Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2010 Reel 23943, frame 762 | Galli, Stefano; Kurobe, Akio; Koga, Hisao; Kodama, Nobutaka | Panasonic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2010 Reel 24103, frame 834 | Intellon Corporation | Atheros Powerline LLC | Merger |
| Mar 19, 2010 Reel 24103, frame 872 | Atheros Powerline LLC | Atheros Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2010 Reel 25381, frame 227 | Isson, Olivier | Spidcom Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2010 Reel 25584, frame 948 | Molina, Jose Abad | Gigle Semiconductor | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2010 Reel 25585, frame 759 | Galli, Stefano; Kurobe, Akio; Koga, Hisao; Kodama, Nobutaka | Panasonic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2010 Reel 25586, frame 98 | Yonge, III, Lawrence W.; Katar, Srinivas; Earnshaw, William E. | Intellon Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2011 Reel 26124, frame 953 | Logvinov, Oleg | Arkados, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2011 Reel 26550, frame 51 | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l. | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2011 Reel 26552, frame 26 | Gigle Semiconductor S.L. | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l. | Change of Name |
| Jul 15, 2011 Reel 26596, frame 214 | Atheros Communications, Inc. | Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 24, 2011 Reel 26800, frame 198 | Arkados, Inc. | Stmicroelectronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 15, 2011 Reel 27390, frame 930 | Broadcom Corporation | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l. | Disavowment of Purported Patent Rights Assignment |
| Oct 3, 2012 Reel 29074, frame 338 | Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l | Broadcom Networks Spain, S.l. | Change of Name |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41706, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 25, 2017 Reel 44475, frame 572 | Spidcom Technologies | Mstar Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47230, frame 133 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47630, frame 456 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Merger to 09/05/2018 Previously Recorded at Reel: 047230 Frame: 0133. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Oct 8, 2019 Reel 50665, frame 1 | Mstar Semiconductor, Inc. | MediaTek Inc. | Merger |
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Mar 2031
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Note
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Citations
242
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