Term ends Feb 25, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 25, 2031
Held by SecureAuth Corporation
Filed Apr 27, 2016 as application 15/140,074 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2011
Feb 25, 2011
Term ends
Feb 25, 2031
Feb 25, 2031
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
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 9,338,155, to Feb 25, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 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 Feb 25, 2011, when application 13/035,289, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 27, 2016) | Feb 25, 2031 | 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 9,338,155) | resolves to Feb 25, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 25, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,510,816 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,338,155 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,930,040 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,567,385 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
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 8, 2016 Reel 39368, frame 463 | Secureauth Corporation | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2017 Reel 44899, frame 635 | Western Alliance Bank | Secureauth Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2018 Reel 44522, frame 31 | Secureauth Corporation | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 57937, frame 732 | Secureauth Corporation | Elm Park Capital Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 12, 2024 Reel 68563, frame 176 | Cloudentity, Inc.; Secureauth Corporation | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 12, 2024 Reel 68251, frame 496 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Secureauth Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 14, 2024 Reel 68288, frame 856 | Midtown Madison Management LLC (as Successor to Elm Park Capital Management, LLC) | Secureauth Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 3, 2025 Reel 70086, frame 158 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Secureauth Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75040, frame 723 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Secureauth Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 25, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,338,155, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.