Lapsed Dec 27, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 29, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Filed Jul 22, 2011 as application 13/188,580 · Granted Dec 27, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 27, 2023
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2006
Nov 29, 2006
No longer in force
Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011
Term would have run to
Nov 29, 2026
Nov 29, 2026
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Nov 29, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 29, 2006, when application 11/564,694, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 22, 2011) | Nov 29, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 27, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 27, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,805,392 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,065,259 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,086,554 | this patent Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2011 Reel 26640, frame 470 | Steele, Kenneth M.; Agarwal, Anant | Tilera Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2017 Reel 41735, frame 792 | Tilera Corporation | Ezchip Semiconductor Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 16, 2017 Reel 41736, frame 13 | Ezchip Semiconductor Inc. | Ezchip, Inc. | Dividend Declaration from Ezchip Semiconductor Inc. to the Stockholder of Record on 6/2/2015 (Ezchip Inc., a Delaware Corporation) |
| Feb 16, 2017 Reel 41736, frame 151 | Ezchip, Inc. | Ezchip Semiconductor Ltd. | Purchase Agreement |
| Feb 16, 2017 Reel 41736, frame 253 | Ezchip Semiconductor Ltd. | Ezchip Technologies, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2017 Reel 41736, frame 321 | Ezchip Technologies Ltd. | Ezchip Semiconductor Ltd. | Merger |
| Feb 16, 2017 Reel 41870, frame 455 | Ezchip Semiconductor Ltd. | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. | Merger |
| Jun 23, 2017 Reel 42962, frame 859 | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.; Mellanox Technologies TLV Ltd.; Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 42962/0859 |
| Jul 13, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Mellanox Technologies TLV Ltd. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 42962/0859 |
| Jul 13, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 42962/0859 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Reel 46551, frame 459 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.; Mellanox Technologies TLV Ltd.; Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 42962/0859 |
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Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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