Term ends Oct 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 22, 2026
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed May 22, 2006 as application 11/438,177 · Granted Dec 28, 2010
Base term plus 1255 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
May 22, 2006
May 22, 2006
Term ends
Oct 28, 2029
Oct 28, 2029
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010
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
1,255
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.
3
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 1255 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
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 May 22, 2006, when this application, 11/438,177, was filed | May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1255 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 28, 2029 | 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 | Oct 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,860,020 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,520,562 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,804,582 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
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 22, 2006 Reel 17924, frame 36 | Taich, Dimitry; Tellado, Jose | Teranetics Patent Department | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2011 Reel 26390, frame 935 | Taich, Dimitry; Tellado, Jose | Teranetics, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party from "Teranetics Patent Department" to --Teranetics, Inc.-- Previously Recorded on Reel 017924 Frame 0036. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment Document. |
| Jun 28, 2011 Reel 26517, frame 802 | Teranetics, Inc. | PLX Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2012 Reel 29006, frame 838 | PLX Technology, Inc.; Teranetics, Inc. | Aquantia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2020 Reel 51945, frame 520 | Aquantia Corporation | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2020 Reel 53179, frame 320 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 28, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1255 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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