Lapsed Oct 14, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 21, 2030
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.
Filed Apr 4, 2013 as application 13/856,984 · Granted Oct 14, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 14, 2026
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2010
Jan 21, 2010
No longer in force
Oct 14, 2026
Oct 14, 2026
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 21, 2030
Jan 21, 2030
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 Jan 21, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. 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 Jan 21, 2010, when application 12/691,375, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2013) | Jan 21, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | lapsed Oct 14, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 14, 2026 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,437,635 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,861,962 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2014 Reel 33118, frame 509 | Broadcom Broadband Access Ltd. | Broadcom International Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2014 Reel 33118, frame 609 | Dvir, Amiad; Koren, Asaf; Avishai, David | Broadlight Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2014 Reel 33118, frame 692 | Broadcom International Limited | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2014 Reel 33188, frame 103 | 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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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 14, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.