Term ended Mar 24, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 24, 2025
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Mar 16, 2026.
Filed Feb 13, 2012 as application 13/372,325 · Granted Feb 11, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Mar 24, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2005
Mar 24, 2005
Term ended
Mar 24, 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Feb 11, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 24, 2005, when application 11/089,845, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2012) | Mar 24, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Mar 16, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 24, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,414,975 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,121,148 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2020 | Feb 2020 |
| US 7,827,295 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,649,395 | this patent Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2012 Reel 27949, frame 524 | Olderdissen, Jan Ra | Ixia | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2013 Reel 29698, frame 60 | Ixia | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34870, frame 598 | Bank of America, N.A., Resigning Administrative Agent | Silicon Valley Bank, as Successor Administrative Agent | Notice of Substitution of Administrative Agent |
| Apr 26, 2017 Reel 42335, frame 465 | Silicon Valley Bank, as Successor Administrative Agent | Ixia | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 Reel 44222, frame 695 | Ixia | Keysight Technologies Singapore (Holdings) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2018 Reel 48225, frame 65 | Keysight Technologies Singapore (Holdings) Pte. Ltd. | Keysight Technologies Singapore (Sales) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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