Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2024 (Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC).
Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Zerofox, Inc.
Filed Apr 20, 2015 as application 14/690,804 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/842,716, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 20, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 15, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/842,716 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,055,097 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,191,411 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 14/445,274 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,027,134 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,674,214 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,674,212 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2015 Reel 35468, frame 215 | Foster, James C.; Blair, Evan; Cullison, Christopher B.; Francis, Robert | Zerofox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2017 Reel 42568, frame 264 | Zerofox, Inc. | Silver Lake Waterman Fund II, L.P., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 26, 2019 Reel 49602, frame 173 | Zerofox, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 27, 2019 Reel 49607, frame 961 | Silver Lake Waterman Fund II, L.P. | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 54878, frame 117 | Zerofox, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 13, 2021 Reel 54906, frame 449 | Zerofox, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 28, 2021 Reel 55066, frame 916 | Zerofox, Inc. | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 58652, frame 754 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Zerofox, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and Assignee's Information on the Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel: 054878 Frame: 0117. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 60821, frame 137 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Vigilanteati, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 60821, frame 173 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67396, frame 304 | Zerofox, Inc.; Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, LLC; Identity Theft Guard Solutions, Inc. | Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2024 Reel 67429, frame 328 | Stifel Bank | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Mar 2033
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