Term ends Mar 30, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2030
Held by Speednic LLC
Filed Oct 13, 2014 as application 14/513,170 · Granted May 31, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 2010
Term ends
Mar 30, 2030
Mar 30, 2030
Granted
May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,346,919, US 8,886,821, to Mar 30, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 30, 2010, when application 12/749,769, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2014) | Mar 30, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,346,919, US 8,886,821) | resolves to Mar 30, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 30, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,346,919 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,886,821 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,357,003 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2014 Reel 33976, frame 165 | Eiriksson, Asgeir Thor; Noureddine, Wael; Krishna, Balekudru A. | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2016 Reel 39296, frame 550 | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Novirian Capital | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2016 Reel 39370, frame 541 | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 25, 2017 Reel 42142, frame 232 | Novirian Capital | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 14, 2019 Reel 50050, frame 396 | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank, An Arizona Corporation | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2019 Reel 50112, frame 234 | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank, An Arizona Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the First Page of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement Has an Incorrect Date That Needs to Be Corrected Previously Recorded on Reel 050050 Frame 0396. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Dec 18, 2025 Reel 73264, frame 525 | Western Alliance Bank, An Arizona Corporation | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 26, 2025 Reel 74070, frame 784 | CSNK Working Capital Finance Corp. | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2026 Reel 74633, frame 824 | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Speednic LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2026 Reel 75561, frame 1 | Chelsio Communications, Inc. | Speednic LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 30, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,346,919, US 8,886,821, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.