Lapsed Nov 21, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2033
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Mar 10, 2016 as application 15/067,139 · Granted Nov 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 21, 2025
2013
2033
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2013
Dec 30, 2013
No longer in force
Nov 21, 2025
Nov 21, 2025
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
Term would have run to
Dec 30, 2033
Dec 30, 2033
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.
1 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.
11
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 30, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 30, 2013, when application 14/144,270, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 10, 2016) | Dec 30, 2033 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 21, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 21, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,379,963 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,825,884 | this patent Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2016/022118 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,009,273 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,785,169 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 10,749,800 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,677,664 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 11,824,796 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
8 of 11 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 13, 2016 Reel 38273, frame 424 | Hutchison, Guy Townsend; Gandhi, Sachin Ramesh; Daniel, Tsahi; Schmidt, Gerald; Fishman, Albert; White, Martin Leslie; Shah, Zubin | 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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