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System for Managing Cryptographic Keys and Trust Relationships in a Secure Shell (SSH) Environment

US 9,363,080 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Venafi, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Sep 7, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 7, 2014 as application 14/131,635 · Granted Jun 7, 2016
Base term plus 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2012
Term ends
Sep 7, 2032
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
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
63
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.
3
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 63 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 6, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/045758, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2014)Jul 6, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+63 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 7, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 7, 2032High confidence

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US 9,942,037In force
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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
May 8, 2014
Reel 32848, frame 48
Venafi, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
May 8, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Venafi, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Security Interest
May 8, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Venafi, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 7, 2014
Reel 33252, frame 84
Bartok, Peter D; Turner, Paul A; Skehan, Joseph D.; Brothers, Jason W.k.Venafi, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2017
Reel 43038, frame 218
Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Venafi, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 21, 2017
Reel 43069, frame 191
Venafi, Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 10, 2018
Reel 47722, frame 100
Orix Growth Capital, LLCVenafi, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 4, 2021
Reel 54892, frame 430
Venafi, Inc.Truist BankPatent Security Agreement
Oct 1, 2024
Reel 69065, frame 950
Truist Bank, As Administrative AgentVenafi, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 054892, Frame 0430
Jan 8, 2026
Reel 73400, frame 651
Venafi, Inc.; Venafi Buyer, LLC; Venafi Intermediate, LLC; Venafi Holdings, Inc.Cyberark Software, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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