Term ends Apr 9, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Marvell International Ltd.
Filed Oct 29, 2018 as application 16/173,877 · Granted Dec 29, 2020
Base term plus 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016
Term ends
Apr 9, 2037
Apr 9, 2037
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
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
200
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
10
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 200 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 21, 2016, when application 15/272,332, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 21, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +200 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 9, 2037 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 9, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,210,135 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,311,018 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,349,251 | In force May 2037 | May 2037 |
| US 10,878,060 | this patent Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,891,256 | In force no later than Sep 2036 | no later than Sep 2036 |
| US 10,771,947 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,874,895 | In force no later than Nov 2037 | no later than Nov 2037 |
| US 11,874,896 | In force no later than Jul 2037 | no later than Jul 2037 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2020 Reel 54643, frame 962 | Guo, Yuanbin; Kim, Hong Jik | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2020 Reel 54702, frame 821 | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2021 Reel 55334, frame 579 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2021 Reel 55334, frame 589 | Marvell International Ltd. | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2021 Reel 55321, frame 367 | Marvell International Ltd. | Cavium, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2021 Reel 55321, frame 517 | Cavium, LLC | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Apr 2037
Term ends Apr 9, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.