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Multiprocessor System with Improved Secondary Interconnection Network

US 12,306,773 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Nov 21, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Sep 8, 2023 as application 18/243,943 · Granted May 20, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2013
Term ends
Nov 21, 2033
Granted
May 20, 2025
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,185,672, US 10,747,689, US 11,755,504, US 9,292,464, US 9,612,984, to Nov 21, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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 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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 21, 2013, when application 14/086,648, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 21, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,185,672, US 10,747,689, US 11,755,504, US 9,292,464, US 9,612,984)resolves to Nov 21, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 21, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US 9,292,464In force
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
US 9,612,984In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 10,185,672In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 10,747,689In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 11,755,504In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 12,306,773this patent
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 19/189,391Pending
not computed
not computed
7 of 8 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
Sep 8, 2023
Reel 64847, frame 467
Dobbs, Carl S.; Trocino, Michael R.Coherent Logix, IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 6, 2025
Reel 72370, frame 394
Coherent Logix, Inc.Pacific Cap Acquisition Fund, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 8, 2025
Reel 72342, frame 90
Pacific Cap Acquisition Fund, LLCHyperx Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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