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Gigamon Inc.

123 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Jan 2027
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 6 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 1 fee due Feb 6, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Cable management assemblies for electronic appliances (US 10,372,174) comes due Feb 6, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 6, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Mar 3 to 5, 2027 · next Mar 3
  • 2 fees due May 10 to 19, 2027 · next May 10
  • 2 fees due Jun 10 to 22, 2027 · next Jun 10
  • 1 fee due Nov 7, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tool port throttling at a network visibility node (US 11,979,326) comes due Nov 7, 2027. Unpaid by May 8, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,424,018Asymmetric packet switch and a method of use
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,440,467Asymmetric packet switch and a method of use
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,436,832Asymmetric packets switch and a method of use
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 7,835,358Packet switch and method of use
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,570,862Mapping a port on a packet switch appliance
In force
 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,654,651Packet switch appliance with a packet switching and packet processing daughter board
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 8,315,256State-based filtering on a packet switch appliance
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 9,014,185State-Based Filtering on a Packet Switch Appliance
In force
 · Low confidence
In forceLow confidence
US 8,824,466Creating and/or managing meta-data for data storage devices using a packet switch appliance
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,787,454Creating and/or managing meta-data for data storage devices using a packet switch appliance
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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