Term ends May 21, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2028
Filed Jul 26, 2011 as application 13/191,330 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term plus 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 21, 2008
May 21, 2008
Term ends
May 21, 2028
May 21, 2028
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
316
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,005,152, US 8,320,433, US 8,331,461, US 9,240,803.
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.
6
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 316 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 May 21, 2008, when application 12/124,382, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 26, 2011) | May 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +316 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 2, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,005,152, US 8,320,433, US 8,331,461, US 9,240,803) | capped to May 21, 2028 | 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 | May 21, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,005,152 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/044551 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,705,634 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 9,240,803 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,320,433 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,331,461 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
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 12, 2011 Reel 27369, frame 827 | Samplify Systems, Inc. | Integrated Device Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 42166, frame 431 | Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Gigpeak, Inc.; Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.; Endwave Corporation; Chipx, Incorporated | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Integrated Device Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Gigpeak, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Chipx, Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Endwave Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 Reel 48746, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Integrated Device Technology, Inc.; Gigpeak, Inc.; Chipx, Incorporated; Endwave Corporation; Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,005,152, US 8,320,433, US 8,331,461, US 9,240,803.
Citations
48
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.