Also listed on Guardicore Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 6, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2035
Held by Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 30, 2015 as application 14/953,446 · Granted Feb 27, 2018
Base term plus 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2015
Nov 30, 2015
Term ends
Feb 6, 2035
Feb 6, 2035
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
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
93
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,491,190.
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.
This patent's term runs 93 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 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, 2015, when this application, 14/953,446, was filed | Nov 30, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +93 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 2, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,491,190) | capped to Feb 6, 2035 | 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 | Feb 6, 2035 | High confidence |
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 30, 2015 Reel 37162, frame 581 | Zeitlin, Ariel; Neudorfer, Lior | Guardicore Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2019 Reel 47989, frame 806 | Guardicore Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2021 Reel 57768, frame 936 | Silicon Valley Bank | Guardicore Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2022 Reel 61313, frame 504 | Guardicore Ltd. | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 6, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,491,190.
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.