Also listed on Marvell International Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 18, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 31, 2026
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Jul 31, 2006 as application 11/461,208 · Granted Dec 30, 2008
Base term plus 110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2006
Jul 31, 2006
Term ends
Nov 18, 2026
Nov 18, 2026
Granted
Dec 30, 2008
Dec 30, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
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
110
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
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 110 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jul 31, 2006, when this application, 11/461,208, was filed | Jul 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +110 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 18, 2026 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 18, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,470,985 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,816,248 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2006 Reel 18198, frame 703 | Farooq, Mukta G.; Economikos, Laertis; Melville, Ian D.; Petrarca, Kevin S.; Volant, Richard P. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2015 Reel 36550, frame 1 | International Business Machines Corporation | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2015 Reel 36779, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries U.S. 2 LLC; GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 29, 2018 Reel 49490, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50122, frame 1 | GlobalFoundries Inc. | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2019 Reel 51070, frame 625 | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | 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 |
| Nov 20, 2020 Reel 54636, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | GlobalFoundries Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 18, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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