Lapsed Aug 27, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2030
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Dec 28, 2010 as application 12/979,904 · Granted Aug 27, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 336 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 27, 2021
2010
2031
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010
No longer in force
Aug 27, 2021
Aug 27, 2021
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 2013
Term would have run to
Nov 29, 2031
Nov 29, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
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
336
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Nov 29, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 336 days of term 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 Dec 28, 2010, when this application, 12/979,904, was filed | Dec 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +336 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 27, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 27, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,521,941 | this patent Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 8,645,605 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,141,571 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
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 28, 2010 Reel 25544, frame 934 | Regula, Jack | PLX Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2014 Reel 34069, frame 494 | PLX Technology, Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 7, 2015 Reel 35615, frame 767 | PLX Technology, Inc. | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37682, frame 802 | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | PLX Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights (Releases RF 034069-0494) |
| 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 4, 2018 Reel 47230, frame 910 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47351, frame 384 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of the Merger Previously Recorded at Reel: 047230 Frame: 0910. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Mar 8, 2019 Reel 49248, frame 558 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Error in Recording the Merger in the Incorrect US Patent No. 8,876,094 Previously Recorded on Reel 047351 Frame 0384. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
Sources
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Note
The 336 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
114
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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