Term ends Nov 20, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 9, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Xilinx, Inc.
Filed Mar 31, 2014 as application 14/231,510 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term plus 346 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2010
Dec 9, 2010
Term ends
Nov 20, 2031
Nov 20, 2031
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017
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
346
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.
20
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 346 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 9, 2010, when application 12/964,642, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 31, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 9, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +346 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2031 | 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 | Nov 20, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,996,644 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 61/513,108 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,258,390 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,003,053 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,600,429 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 10,873,613 | In force no later than Sep 2032 | no later than Sep 2032 |
| US 9,674,318 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,880,964 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
8 of 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2014 Reel 33366, frame 514 | Pope, Steve L.; Riddoch, David J. | Solarflare Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2016 Reel 38363, frame 589 | Solarflare Communications, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2017 Reel 41902, frame 527 | Solarflare Communications, Inc. | Ally Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2017 Reel 42820, frame 890 | Pacific Western Bank | Solarflare Communications, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49918, frame 440 | Ally Bank | Solarflare Communications, Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 25, 2019 Reel 51108, frame 209 | Solarflare Communications, Inc. | Xilinx, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 20, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 346 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
51
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 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.