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Classifying Kill-Chains for Security Incidents

US 9,888,029 In force
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Term ends Aug 12, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Aug 12, 2015 as application 14/824,262 · Granted Feb 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2015
Term ends
Aug 12, 2035
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
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None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 12, 2015, when this application, 14/824,262, was filedAug 12, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderAug 12, 2035High confidence

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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
Aug 12, 2015
Reel 36306, frame 418
Satish, Sourabh; Friedrichs, Oliver; Mahadik, Atif; Salinas, GovindPhantom Cyber Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 1, 2018
Reel 45686, frame 215
Phantom Cyber CorporationSplunk Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2025
Reel 72170, frame 599
Splunk Inc.Splunk LLCChange of Name
Jul 22, 2025
Reel 72173, frame 58
Splunk LLCCisco Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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