Term ends Nov 17, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 22, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Broadcom Corporation
Filed Mar 27, 2009 as application 12/385,014 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term plus 665 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jan 22, 2008
Jan 22, 2008
Term ends
Nov 17, 2029
Nov 17, 2029
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
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
665
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.
5
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 665 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 Jan 22, 2008, when application 12/010,206, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 27, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 22, 2028 | 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 | +665 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 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 | Nov 17, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,460,195 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 11,523,800 | In force no later than Sep 2028 | no later than Sep 2028 |
2 of 5 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 3, 2009 Reel 23042, frame 327 | Courtney, Brian; Munce, Nigel Robert; Thind, Amandeep Singh; Yang, Victor Xiao Dong; Foster, Francis Stuart | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 3, 2009 Reel 23042, frame 345 | Soong, Alan; Li, Brian Heng | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2010 Reel 24243, frame 488 | Zolfaghari, Alireza | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2013 Reel 31646, frame 10 | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Record by Declaration, to Correct Erroneous Information Improperly Recorded at Reel 24522 Frame 759 Against Application 12/385,014. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 17, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 665 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
242
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.