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Data and Control Plane Architecture for Network Application Traffic Management Device

US 9,419,867 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Aug 16, 2024 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Mar 30, 2007 as application 11/694,703 · Granted Aug 16, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 16, 2024
2007 2030
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
No longer in force
Aug 16, 2024
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Term would have run to
May 1, 2030
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
1,128
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to May 1, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1128 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 30, 2007, when this application, 11/694,703, was filedMar 30, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1128 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 1, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 16, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 16, 2024Medium confidence

This family

US 9,419,867this patent
Aug 2024
Aug 2024
US 8,059,532Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
US 7,813,277In force
Jul 2029
Jul 2029
US 8,279,885Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
US 8,111,707Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2024
Feb 2024
Application PCT/US2008/058390PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
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
Mar 30, 2007
Reel 19095, frame 640
Okholm, Jon Eric; Riddle, GuyPacketeer, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 1, 2011
Reel 27307, frame 603
Packeteer, Inc.Blue Coat Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 16, 2012
Reel 27727, frame 144
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 16, 2012
Reel 27727, frame 178
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Oct 16, 2012
Reel 29140, frame 170
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentBlue Coat Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral Recorded at R/F 027727/0178
Jul 3, 2013
Reel 30740, frame 181
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
May 22, 2015
Reel 35751, frame 348
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 29, 2015
Reel 35797, frame 280
Jefferies Finance LLCBlue Coat Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 30740/0181
May 29, 2015
Reel 35798, frame 6
Jefferies Finance LLCBlue Coat Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 27727/0144
Aug 1, 2016
Reel 39516, frame 929
Jefferies Finance LLCBlue Coat Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 27, 2016
Reel 39851, frame 44
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.Symantec CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2019
Reel 51144, frame 918
Symantec CorporationCA, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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