Term ends Mar 20, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 24, 2034
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Oct 24, 2014 as application 14/523,678 · Granted Jul 18, 2017
Base term plus 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Oct 24, 2014
Oct 24, 2014
Term ends
Mar 20, 2035
Mar 20, 2035
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Jul 18, 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
147
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,712,358, to Mar 20, 2035. 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.
17
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 147 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Oct 24, 2014, when this application, 14/523,678, was filed | Oct 24, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 20, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,712,358) | resolves to Mar 20, 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 | Mar 20, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,712,358 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2015/010480 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,194,006 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,361,721 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 9,667,460 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,218,822 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,193,567 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,153,930 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
8 of 17 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38296, frame 690 | Zhang, Hongyuan; Lou, Hui-ling; Yong, Su Khiong | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38296, frame 725 | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38296, frame 738 | Marvell International Ltd. | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38296, frame 750 | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Marvell International Ltd. | License |
| Dec 12, 2016 Reel 40714, frame 265 | Sun, Yakun; Xu, Mingguang | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2020 Reel 51778, frame 537 | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 20, 2020 Reel 52918, frame 1 | Marvell International Ltd. | Cavium International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2020 Reel 53475, frame 1 | Cavium International | Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 20, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,712,358, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
118
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 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.