Also listed on Xpliant, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 4, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 27, 2033
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Dec 27, 2013 as application 14/142,511 · Granted Apr 11, 2017
Base term plus 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2013
Dec 27, 2013
Term ends
May 4, 2034
May 4, 2034
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Apr 11, 2017
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
128
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
7
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 128 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 27, 2013, when this application, 14/142,511, was filed | Dec 27, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +128 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 4, 2034 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 4, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,620,213 | this patent May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 9,952,800 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,952,799 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,782,907 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,435,925 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 12,323,145 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| Application 19/214,460 | Pending 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 15, 2014 Reel 32681, frame 165 | Tran, Anh T.; Schmidt, Gerald; Daniel, Tsahi; Shrivastava, Saurabh | Xpliant, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 8, 2016 Reel 38039, frame 328 | Xpliant, Inc. | Cavium Networks LLC | Merger |
| Mar 8, 2016 Reel 38040, frame 251 | Cavium Networks LLC | Cavium, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2016 Reel 39715, frame 449 | Cavium, Inc.; Cavium Networks LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 6, 2018 Reel 46496, frame 1 | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Cavium, Inc.; Cavium Networks LLC; Qlogic Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Cavium, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Cavium Networks LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Qlogic Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2018 Reel 47577, frame 653 | Cavium, Inc. | Cavium, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 17, 2020 Reel 51948, frame 807 | Cavium, LLC | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2020 Reel 53179, frame 320 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2034
Term ends May 4, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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