Term ends Sep 12, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2035
Held by Juniper Networks, Inc.
Filed Jun 6, 2016 as application 15/175,020 · Granted May 8, 2018
Base term plus 46 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015
Term ends
Sep 12, 2035
Sep 12, 2035
Granted
May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
46
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
15
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 runs 46 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 28, 2015, when applications 14/811,684 and 14/811,689, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jun 6, 2016) | Jul 28, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +46 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 12, 2035 | 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 | Sep 12, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,219,166 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,363,784 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,743,254 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,028,199 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 9,967,803 | this patent Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2017/036163 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,536,894 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,932,141 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2016 Reel 38906, frame 96 | Friday, Robert; Castagnoli, Neal Dante; Frei, Randall Wayne | Mist Systems Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2018 Reel 45664, frame 911 | Friday, Robert; Castagnoli, Neal Dante; Frei, Randall Wayne | Mist Systems, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 038906 Frame: 0098. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 19, 2020 Reel 53539, frame 912 | Mist Systems, Inc. | Juniper Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2023 Reel 65427, frame 900 | Friday, Robert J.; Frei, Randall | Juniper Networks, Inc. | Confirmatory Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2035
Term ends Sep 12, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 46 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
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.