Term ends Dec 30, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2033
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Aug 13, 2020 as application 16/992,978 · Granted Nov 21, 2023
Base term plus 556 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2013
Dec 30, 2013
Term ends
Dec 30, 2033
Dec 30, 2033
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
base term
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
556
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 10,785,169.
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 556 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 30, 2013, when application 14/144,270, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2020) | Dec 30, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +556 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 9, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,785,169) | capped to Dec 30, 2033 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 30, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,379,963 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,825,884 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2016/022118 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,009,273 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,785,169 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 10,749,800 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,677,664 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,824,796 | this patent 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2020 Reel 53491, frame 216 | Hutchison, Guy Townsend; Gandhi, Sachin Ramesh; Daniel, Tsahi; Schmidt, Gerald; Fishman, Albert; White, Martin Leslie; Shah, Zubin | Cavium, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2020 Reel 53494, frame 135 | Cavium, Inc. | Cavium, LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 13, 2020 Reel 53494, frame 264 | Cavium, LLC | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2020 Reel 53494, frame 579 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 30, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 556 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 10,785,169.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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