1 patent currently held
66 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in May 2027. from the record
Of the 66 now held by other companies, 64 passed to Mellanox Technologies Ltd. when this company merged into it, and 2 more name another party. Each row says which.
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1
Ending by 2030
May 2027
Next term end
1
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Only 1 of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Jun 2032 · High confidence
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 452 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
merged into Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Also notable
Ends Jan 2029 · High confidence
Cited by 78 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.
merged into Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Also notable
Ends Oct 2036 · High confidence
Cited by 20 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2036.
merged into Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
Fee deadlines
No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.
Recent changes
- 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
Showing 1 to 1 of 1
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,552,241 | Method and System for Managing a Plurality of I/O Interfaces with an Array of Multicore Processor Resources in a Semiconductor Chip held by Ezchip Semiconductor Ltd. In force (reinstated) · High confidence | In force (reinstated) | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 1: 66 patents in force now held by others · 20 patents ended. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
9 terminal disclaimers are on file with no resolved reference. No cap is applied and none is guessed
2 computed term dates come from a chain with an unresolved parent. A continuity parent has not yet been fetched from USPTO's records. The term is dated from this application's own claim; no earlier date is assumed until the parent is resolved.