Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 30, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2026
Held by McAfee, LLC
Filed Sep 24, 2015 as application 14/864,326 · Granted Mar 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Nov 30, 2006
Term ends
Nov 30, 2026
Nov 30, 2026
Granted
Mar 14, 2017
Mar 14, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,148,422, to Nov 30, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
2
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Nov 30, 2006, when application 11/606,225, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2015) | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,148,422) | resolves to Nov 30, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,148,422 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,596,604 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2017 Reel 43665, frame 918 | McAfee, Inc. | McAfee, LLC | Change of Name and Entity Conversion |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45055, frame 786 | McAfee, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45056, frame 676 | McAfee, LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54206, frame 593 | McAfee, LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045056 Frame 0676. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 55854, frame 47 | McAfee, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045055 Frame 786. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54238, frame 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | McAfee, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045055/0786 |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59354, frame 213 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | McAfee, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045056/0676 |
| Mar 3, 2022 Reel 59354, frame 335 | McAfee, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2022 Reel 60792, frame 307 | McAfee, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Patent Titles and Remove Duplicates in the Schedule Previously Recorded at Reel: 059354 Frame: 0335. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 30, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,148,422, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.