Term ends Jun 28, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2034
Held by PLX, Inc.
Filed Feb 21, 2014 as application 14/186,288 · Granted Jun 28, 2016
Base term plus 127 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
Feb 21, 2014
Term ends
Jun 28, 2034
Jun 28, 2034
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Jun 28, 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
127
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.
6
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 127 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, 14/186,288, was filed | Feb 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +127 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 28, 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 | Jun 28, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/186,313 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,377,600 | this patent Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 10,222,580 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| Application 14/186,242 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/249,311 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/249,416 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2014 Reel 32323, frame 592 | Bleier, Zvi; Vishnia, Itai | PLX, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2019 Reel 48995, frame 5 | Reflectivity Holdings, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Reflectivity Holdings Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | PLX Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67393, frame 476 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Reflectivity Holdings Inc.; PLX Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67805, frame 939 | PLX Inc. | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74562, frame 252 | Keybank National Association | PLX Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame 067805/0939 |
| May 8, 2026 Reel 75594, frame 329 | PLX, Inc. | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2034
Term ends Jun 28, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 127 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 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.