Term ends Oct 11, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 29, 2032
Filed Dec 4, 2013 as application 14/097,086 · Granted Nov 24, 2015
Base term plus 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2012
Mar 29, 2012
Term ends
Oct 11, 2032
Oct 11, 2032
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 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
196
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.
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 196 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 Mar 29, 2012, when application 13/434,083, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 4, 2013) | Mar 29, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +196 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 11, 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 | Oct 11, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,996,790 | In force no later than Oct 2032 | no later than Oct 2032 |
| US 9,396,106 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,110,785 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,372,792 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,195,592 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,501,392 | In force May 2032 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2014 Reel 33444, frame 628 | Densbits Technologies Ltd. | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Security Interest |
| Mar 18, 2015 Reel 35222, frame 547 | Densbits Technologies Ltd. | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2015 Reel 36826, frame 579 | Weingarten, Hanan; Maly, Igal; Segal, Avigdor | Densbits Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2016 Reel 37622, frame 224 | Densbits Technologies Ltd. | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2017 Reel 41339, frame 921 | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Densbits Technologies Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| 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. |
| Sep 14, 2020 Reel 53771, frame 901 | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Broadcom International Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2023 Reel 62952, frame 850 | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited; Broadcom International Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 11, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.