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System and Method of Interlocking to Protect Software-Mediated Program and Device Behaviours

US 8,752,032 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jul 29, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Irdeto B.V.
Filed Feb 23, 2007 as application 11/709,654 · Granted Jun 10, 2014
Base term plus 1617 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2031
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2007
Term ends
Jul 29, 2031
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
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
1,617
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1617 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 23, 2007, when this application, 11/709,654, was filedFeb 23, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1617 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 29, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 29, 2031High confidence

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US 8,752,032this patent
Jul 2031
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US 8,161,463In force
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Application 14/266,252Abandoned
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US 10,402,547In force
Aug 2028
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US 9,910,971In force
Jun 2027
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 6, 2007
Reel 19400, frame 25
Johnson, Harold Joseph; Gu, Yuan Xiang; Zhou, YongxinCloakware CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2011
Reel 25722, frame 950
Cloakware CorporationIrdeto Canada Inc.Articles of Amendment
Jan 31, 2011
Reel 25723, frame 563
Johnson, Harold Joseph; Gu, Yuan Xiang; Zhou, YongxinCloakware CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 11, 2011
Reel 25782, frame 42
Cloakware CorporationIrdeto Canada CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name to Be Identified as Irdeto Canada Corporation Previously Recorded on Reel 025722 Frame 0950. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignee's Name Is Correctly Identified as Irdeto Canada Corporation on the Articles of Amendment.
Mar 12, 2015
Reel 35186, frame 825
Irdeto Canada CorporationIrdeto B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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