Term ends Aug 18, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 8, 2026
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Nov 8, 2006 as application 11/598,178 · Granted Nov 8, 2011
Base term plus 1014 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Nov 8, 2006
Nov 8, 2006
Term ends
Aug 18, 2029
Aug 18, 2029
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Nov 8, 2011
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
1,014
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,844,879, to Aug 18, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 runs 1014 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 8, 2006, when this application, 11/598,178, was filed | Nov 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1014 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,844,879) | resolves to Aug 18, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Aug 18, 2029 | 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 | Term ended 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2006 Reel 18559, frame 825 | Wu, Zining; Sutardja, Pantas | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2006 Reel 18599, frame 367 | Marvel Semiconductor, Inc. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2007 Reel 18761, frame 872 | Marvell International, Ltd. | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2007 Reel 18762, frame 710 | 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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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 18, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1014 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,844,879, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
334
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.