Also listed on Id Analytics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 26, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 7, 2024
Filed May 7, 2004 as application 10/841,946 · Granted Dec 31, 2019
Base term plus 3975 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2035
Clock starts
May 7, 2004
May 7, 2004
Term ends
Mar 26, 2035
Mar 26, 2035
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 2019
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
3,975
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
8
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 3975 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 May 7, 2004, when this application, 10/841,946, was filed | May 7, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3975 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 2035 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 26, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,521,857 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| Application 11/027,692 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,562,814 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,458,508 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,686,214 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Application 11/149,516 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,386,377 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 7,793,835 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2005 Reel 16409, frame 277 | Dunning, Ted; Shao, Xuhui; Xie, Jianjun; Blue, Joe; Hong, Tao | Id Analytics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2005 Reel 16857, frame 483 | Id Analytics, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 14, 2012 Reel 27861, frame 847 | Id Analytics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 10, 2013 Reel 29603, frame 424 | Id Analytics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 28, 2015 Reel 35522, frame 982 | Id Analytics, Inc. | Id Analytics, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 9, 2017 Reel 41670, frame 921 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Id Analytics, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Previously Recorded March 14, 2012, Reel/Frame 027861/0847) |
| Feb 9, 2017 Reel 41670, frame 945 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Id Analytics, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Previously Recorded January 10, 2013, Reel/Frame 029603/0424) |
| Aug 22, 2019 Reel 50135, frame 790 | Id Analytics, LLC | Symantec Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2019 Reel 50926, frame 560 | Symantec Corporation; Blue Coat LLC; Lifelock, Inc.,; Symantec Operating Corporation | Jpmorgan, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2020 Reel 51471, frame 877 | Nortonlifelock Inc. | Altiris, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2020 Reel 51554, frame 598 | Symantec Corporation | Nortonlifelock Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 25, 2020 Reel 52006, frame 115 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Nortonlifelock, Inc. (F/K/A Symantec Corporation) | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2022 Reel 59193, frame 413 | Altiris, Inc. | Lexisnexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 26, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 3975 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
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