Term ended Jan 14, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 14, 2024
Held by Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
Filed Jan 14, 2004 as application 10/757,714 · Granted May 16, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jan 14, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jan 14, 2004
Jan 14, 2004
Term ended
Jan 14, 2024
Jan 14, 2024
Granted
May 16, 2006
May 16, 2006
base term
after the term ends
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
30
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 14, 2004, when this application, 10/757,714, was filed | Jan 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 14, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,046,668 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 7,457,906 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,103,064 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 7,836,211 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 7,219,183 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 8,102,843 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 7,188,209 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 7,664,909 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2004 Reel 15364, frame 591 | Pettey, Christopher J.; Khan, Asif; Pagan, Annette Pagan; Pekkala, Richard E.; Utley, Robert Haskell Haskell | Nextio Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2004 Reel 16027, frame 717 | Pettey, Christopher J.; Khan, Asif; Pagan, Annette; Pekkala, Richard E.; Utley, Robert Haskell | Nextio Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Third and Fifth Inventor's Name. Previously Recorded on Reel 015364 Frame 0591. |
| Feb 24, 2012 Reel 27755, frame 771 | Nextio, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 18, 2012 Reel 28396, frame 731 | Silicon Valley Bank | Nextio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31805, frame 953 | Nextio, Inc. | Mellanox Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 24, 2016 Reel 37900, frame 720 | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 13, 2018 Reel 46542, frame 792 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 37900/0720 |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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