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Apparatus and Method of Generating Lookups and Making Decisions for Packet Modifying and Forwarding in a Software-Defined Network Engine

US 11,677,664 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jun 16, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jul 7, 2020 as application 16/922,895 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term plus 324 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2013
Term ends
Jun 16, 2034
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
324
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 10,749,800.
0 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.
11
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 324 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 30, 2013, when application 14/144,270, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2020)Dec 30, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+324 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 19, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,749,800)capped to Jun 16, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 16, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,379,963In force
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
US 9,825,884Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
Application PCT/US2016/022118PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,009,273In force
May 2034
May 2034
US 10,785,169Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
US 10,749,800In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 11,677,664this patent
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 11,824,796In force
Dec 2033
Dec 2033
8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53142, frame 994
Tran, Anh T.; Schmidt, Gerald; Daniel, Tsahi; Krishnamoorthy, HarishXpliant, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53143, frame 25
Xpliant, Inc.Cavium Networks LLCMerger
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53143, frame 59
Cavium Networks LLCCavium, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53144, frame 438
Cavium, Inc.Cavium, LLCChange of Name
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53144, frame 521
Cavium, LLCCavium InternationalAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2021
Reel 57924, frame 532
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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