Also listed on Rmi Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 29, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 14, 2028
Filed Feb 14, 2008 as application 12/031,524 · Granted Jun 7, 2016
Base term plus 1187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2008
Feb 14, 2008
Term ends
Jun 29, 2027
Jun 29, 2027
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016
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
1,187
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 7,538,695, US 7,538,696.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 1187 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 14, 2008, when this application, 12/031,524, was filed | Feb 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1187 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,538,695, US 7,538,696) | capped to Jun 29, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 29, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,538,695 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2013 | May 2013 |
| US 7,538,696 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2013 | May 2013 |
| US 9,362,948 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2008/008107 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2008 Reel 20523, frame 275 | Kuila, Kaushik; Laker, Robert | Rmi Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2010 Reel 23926, frame 338 | Rmi Corporation | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35443, frame 763 | Netlogic I LLC | Broadcom Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35443, frame 824 | Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. | Netlogic I LLC | 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 47229, frame 408 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Merger |
| Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47349, frame 1 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date Previously Recorded on Reel 047229 Frame 0408. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Effective Date Is 09/05/2018. |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 51144, frame 648 | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 9,385,856 to 9,385,756 Previously Recorded at Reel: 47349 Frame: 001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 29, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1187 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 7,538,695, US 7,538,696.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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