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Hierarchical Managed Switch Architecture

US 8,750,164 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 10, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

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Held by Vmware LLC
Filed Jul 6, 2011 as application 13/177,535 · Granted Jun 10, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 10, 2026
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2011
No longer in force
Jun 10, 2026
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 6, 2031
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.
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.
46
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Its term would have run to Jul 6, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 6, 2011, when this application, 13/177,535, was filedJul 6, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 10, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 10, 2026High confidence

This family

US 8,750,164this patent
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US 8,959,215In force
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
US 8,830,823Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,817,620In force
no later than Dec 2031
no later than Dec 2031
US 8,743,889In force
Aug 2031
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US 8,743,888In force
no later than Nov 2031
no later than Nov 2031
US 9,106,587In force
Nov 2033
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US 9,172,663In force
May 2034
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8 of 46 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 4, 2012
Reel 27988, frame 718
Casado, Martin; Koponen, Teemu; Thakkar, Pankaj; Lambeth, W. Andrew; Yip, Alexander; Amidon, Keith E.; Ingram, Paul S.Nicira Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 15, 2012
Reel 28381, frame 48
Nicira Networks, Inc.Nicira, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 27, 2025
Reel 70187, frame 487
Nicira, Inc.Vmware LLCMerger

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