41 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Jan 2027. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Jan 2027
Next term end
28
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
Notable
Ends Aug 2042 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jan 2036 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2041 · High confidence
Credential Management for Distributed Services
US 11,546,323
Cited by 16 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2042.
Invisible Password Reset Protocol
US 10,230,736
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 31 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2036.
Method and Apparatus for Securely Managing Computer Process Access to Network Resources Through Delegated System Credentials
US 11,706,209
The newest of the three, granted 2023. It anchors the portfolio to 2041, later than anything else here.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Jan 18, 2027The maintenance fee for Method and Apparatus for Securely Managing Computer Process Access to Network Resources Through Delegated System Credentials (US 11,706,209) comes due Jan 18, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 19, 2027, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Feb 15 to 22, 2027 · next Feb 15
- 4 fees due Mar 3 to 19, 2027 · next Mar 3
- 1 fee due Apr 10, 2027The maintenance fee for Credential Management for Distributed Services (US 11,784,999) comes due Apr 10, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 12, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due May 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Method and Apparatus for Creating Conditional Windows Process Tokens (US 9,197,670) comes due May 24, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 24, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Jun 24 to 26, 2027 · next Jun 24
- 2 fees due Aug 27, 2027
- 2 fees due Oct 9 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 9
Recent changes
- Sep 15Assignment recorded on US 10,230,736: Thycotic Software, LLC to Delinea Inc. Recorded Sep 15, 2026, executed Jun 28, 2023. Conveyance as recorded: Merger. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76025, frame 572.
- 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 28 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Fine-Grained Security Policy Enforcement for Applications | 3 in force | to Sep 2044 |
| Tunnelling with Support for Dynamic Naming Resolution | 2 in force | to Jan 2043 |
| Connection Revocation in Overlay Networks | 2 in force | to Sep 2042 |
| Managing and Monitoring Endpoint Activity in Secured Networks | 2 in force | to Aug 2042 |
| Credential Management for Distributed Services | 2 in force | to Aug 2042 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 9,965,496 | Method and Apparatus for Creating Compliant Zone Records in an LDAP Directory Without Schema Extensions In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,442,962 | Method and apparatus for creating RFC-2307-compliant zone records in an LDAP directory without schema extensions In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,321,523 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamically and Incrementally Modifying Nis Maps In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,798,057 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Secure Internal Directory Service for Hosted Services In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,750,561 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Secure Internal Directory Service for Hosted Services In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,977,883 | Method and Apparatus for Creating Switchable Desktops with Separate Authorizations In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,112,846 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Additional Authorization Data via Gssapi In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,378,391 | Method and Apparatus for Creating Switchable Desktops with Separate Authorizations In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,197,670 | Method and Apparatus for Creating Conditional Windows Process Tokens In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,515,232 | Techniques for Facilitating Secure, Credential-Free User Access to Resources In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 41: 2 patents ended · 5 applications pending · 2 applications abandoned. 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.