Also listed on Marvell Semiconductor SDN BHD, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 17, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2034
Held by Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
Filed Feb 21, 2014 as application 14/187,146 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term plus 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
Feb 21, 2014
Term ends
May 17, 2034
May 17, 2034
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016
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
85
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.
This patent's term runs 85 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 Feb 21, 2014, when this application, 14/187,146, was filed | Feb 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +85 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 17, 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 17, 2034 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35769, frame 497 | Krishnasamy, Raj Kumar A/L | Marvell Semiconductor SDN BHD | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35769, frame 500 | Marvell Semiconductor SDN BHD | Marvell International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35769, frame 507 | Marvell International Ltd. | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35769, frame 532 | Marvell World Trade Ltd. | Marvell International Ltd. | License |
| Dec 11, 2015 Reel 37269, frame 453 | Thum, Chia Chieh; Lee, Moo Kit | Marvell Semiconductor SDN BHD | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2034
Term ends May 17, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 85 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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