Term ends Apr 9, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2030
Filed Sep 21, 2012 as application 13/624,781 · Granted Sep 22, 2015
Base term plus 468 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010
Term ends
Apr 9, 2032
Apr 9, 2032
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Sep 22, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
468
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.
3
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 468 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 application 12/979,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 21, 2012) | Dec 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +468 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 9, 2032 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 9, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,521,941 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 8,645,605 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,141,571 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2012 Reel 29314, frame 340 | Subramaniyan, Nagarajan; Regula, Jack; Dodson, Jeffrey Michael | 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 5, 2018 Reel 47422, frame 464 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Mar 6, 2019 Reel 48883, frame 702 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 047422 Frame: 0464. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 9, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 468 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
61
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.