Lapsed Oct 7, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 29, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Dec 29, 2009 as application 12/648,885 · Granted Oct 7, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 553 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 7, 2026
2009
2031
Clock starts
Dec 29, 2009
Dec 29, 2009
No longer in force
Oct 7, 2026
Oct 7, 2026
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Oct 7, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 5, 2031
Jul 5, 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
553
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
2
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 Jul 5, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 553 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 29, 2009, when this application, 12/648,885, was filed | Dec 29, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +553 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 7, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 7, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,855,491 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,873,960 | Grace period ended May 2031 | May 2031 |
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 29, 2009 Reel 23713, frame 987 | Elmoalem, Eli; Dvir, Amiad | Broadlight, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2012 Reel 29256, frame 895 | Broadcom Broadband Acess Ltd. | Broadcom International Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2012 Reel 29256, frame 939 | Broadcom International Limited | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2012 Reel 29259, frame 975 | Broadlight Ltd. | Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37806, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41706, frame 1 | Broadcom Corporation | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2017 Reel 41712, frame 1 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Broadcom Corporation | 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 553 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
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.
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