Term ends Apr 2, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2035
Held by Marvell Asia Pte Ltd.
Filed Apr 3, 2015 as application 14/678,715 · Granted Oct 4, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2015
Apr 2, 2015
Term ends
Apr 2, 2035
Apr 2, 2035
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Oct 4, 2016
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,454,628, US 9,454,636, US 9,460,254, US 9,460,255, US 9,460,256, to Apr 2, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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 Apr 2, 2015, when application 14/677,206, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 3, 2015) | Apr 2, 2035 | 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 9,454,628, US 9,454,636, US 9,460,254, US 9,460,255, US 9,460,256) | resolves to Apr 2, 2035, 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 | Apr 2, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,454,636 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,454,628 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,460,256 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,460,255 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,460,257 | this patent Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,460,254 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| Application 15/250,885 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2015 Reel 35352, frame 602 | Subramaniam, Prasad; Nham, Hao; Chadha, Rakesh; Martorell, Ferran | Esilicon Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43334, frame 521 | Esilicon Corporation | Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2017 Reel 43669, frame 832 | Esilicon Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2019 Reel 49558, frame 449 | Silicon Valley Bank | Esilicon Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 20, 2020 Reel 51559, frame 236 | Esilicon Corporation | Inphi Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2021 Reel 56649, frame 823 | Inphi Corporation | Marvell Technology Cayman I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2021 Reel 57279, frame 519 | Marvell Technology Cayman I | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2021 Reel 57336, frame 873 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2035
Term ends Apr 2, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,454,628, US 9,454,636, US 9,460,254, US 9,460,255, US 9,460,256, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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.