Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2020 (Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent).
Term ends Mar 26, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 22, 2031
Held by BitSight Technologies, Inc.
Filed Sep 22, 2011 as application 13/240,572 · Granted Oct 13, 2020
Base term plus 186 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2011
Sep 22, 2011
Term ends
Mar 26, 2032
Mar 26, 2032
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020
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
186
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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 186 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 Sep 22, 2011, when this application, 13/240,572, was filed | Sep 22, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +186 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 2032 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 26, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,805,331 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,973,524 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,830,569 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,777,976 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 12,010,137 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,882,146 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 18/637,577 | 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 6, 2012 Reel 27658, frame 906 | Boyer, Stephen; Venna, Nagarjuna; Ando, Megumi | BitSight Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2020 Reel 54481, frame 727 | BitSight Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 19, 2020 Reel 54481, frame 739 | BitSight Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 26, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 186 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
187
later US patents cite this one
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