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Phantom Queue Link Level Load Balancing System, Method and Device

US 10,523,567 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 24, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Sep 10, 2018 as application 16/126,644 · Granted Dec 31, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2015
Term ends
Mar 24, 2035
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,103,993, US 9,900,253, to Mar 24, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 24, 2015, when application 14/667,568, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 10, 2018)Mar 24, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,103,993, US 9,900,253)resolves to Mar 24, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 24, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,900,253In force
Oct 2035
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US 10,103,993In force
Mar 2035
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US 10,523,567this patent
Mar 2035
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US 11,095,561In force
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US 11,700,204In force
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 10, 2018
Reel 46830, frame 420
White, Martin LeslieXpliant, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 10, 2018
Reel 46830, frame 537
Xpliant, Inc.Cavium Networks LLCMerger
Sep 10, 2018
Reel 46830, frame 637
Cavium Networks LLCCavium, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2018
Reel 47577, frame 653
Cavium, Inc.Cavium, LLCChange of Name
Feb 17, 2020
Reel 51948, frame 807
Cavium, LLCCavium InternationalAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 15, 2020
Reel 53179, frame 320
Cavium InternationalMarvell Asia Pte, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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