Term ended Mar 15, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 15, 2026
Held by Cupp Computing As
Filed Nov 15, 2016 as application 15/352,553 · Granted Oct 3, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Mar 15, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2006
Mar 15, 2006
Term ended
Mar 15, 2026
Mar 15, 2026
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Oct 3, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
18
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. 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 Mar 15, 2006, when application 11/376,919, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 15, 2016) | Mar 15, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,381,297 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 12/042,938 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,627,452 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 9,497,622 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 9,781,164 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 9,747,444 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,419,459 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,313,368 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 18 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2016 Reel 40348, frame 918 | Yoggie Security Systems Ltd. | Cupp Computing As | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Nov 16, 2016 Reel 40633, frame 923 | Touboul, Shlomo | Yoggie Security Systems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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