Term ends Oct 23, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 24, 2035
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Mar 24, 2015 as application 14/667,568 · Granted Feb 20, 2018
Base term plus 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
Term ends
Oct 23, 2035
Oct 23, 2035
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018
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
213
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.
5
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 213 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 Mar 24, 2015, when this application, 14/667,568, was filed | Mar 24, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +213 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 23, 2035 | 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 | Oct 23, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,900,253 | this patent Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,103,993 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 10,523,567 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 11,095,561 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 11,700,204 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2015 Reel 36084, frame 169 | White, Martin Leslie | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2035
Term ends Oct 23, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.