Also listed on Mindspeed Technologies U.K., Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 4, 2030
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Jun 4, 2010 as application 12/794,128 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term plus 399 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010
Term ends
Jul 8, 2031
Jul 8, 2031
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
399
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.
3
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 399 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 4, 2010, when this application, 12/794,128, was filed | Jun 4, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +399 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 8, 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 | Jul 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,463,312 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,892,154 | In force no later than Jun 2030 | no later than Jun 2030 |
| US 9,807,771 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
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 16, 2010 Reel 24840, frame 59 | Whinnett, Nicholas William | Picochip Designs Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2011 Reel 27182, frame 627 | Picochip Designs Limited | Picochip Limited | Change of Name |
| May 10, 2012 Reel 28188, frame 283 | Picochip Limited | Mindspeed Technologies U.k., Limited | Change of Name |
| Feb 28, 2014 Reel 32372, frame 154 | Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.; Mindspeed Technologies U.k., Limited; Mindspeed Telecommunications Technologies Development (Shenshen) Co. Ltd.; Picochip (Beijing) Technology Company Limited | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53066, frame 1 | Intel Corporation | Apple Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 8, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 399 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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