Term ended Oct 3, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 3, 2025
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Oct 3, 2005 as application 11/242,230 · Granted May 20, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 3, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2005
Oct 3, 2005
Term ended
Oct 3, 2025
Oct 3, 2025
Granted
May 20, 2008
May 20, 2008
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.
72
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 Oct 3, 2005, when this application, 11/242,230, was filed | Oct 3, 2025 | 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 | Oct 3, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,457,838 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 7,302,600 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,699,055 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2018 | Apr 2018 |
| US 7,275,204 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2004/038731 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,375,597 | this patent Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 7,852,098 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 |
| US 7,292,114 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
8 of 72 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 16, 2005 Reel 16907, frame 147 | Greenberg, Jody; Sutardja, Sehat | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2005 Reel 16907, frame 150 | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2005 Reel 16907, frame 153 | Marvell International Ltd. | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2005 Reel 16907, frame 188 | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Marvell International Ltd. | License |
| Jan 29, 2020 Reel 51778, frame 537 | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2020 Reel 52918, frame 1 | Marvell International Ltd. | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2020 Reel 53475, frame 1 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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