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US 9,973,524 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 19, 2020 (Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent).

Term ends Sep 22, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Nov 18, 2015 as application 14/944,484 · Granted May 15, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2011
Term ends
Sep 22, 2031
Granted
May 15, 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.
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.
7
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. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 22, 2011, when application 13/240,572, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 18, 2015)Sep 22, 2031High 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 orderSep 22, 2031High confidence

This family

US 10,805,331In force
Mar 2032
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US 9,973,524this patent
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 9,830,569In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 11,777,976In force
May 2032
May 2032
US 12,010,137In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 11,882,146In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
Application 18/637,577Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 18, 2015
Reel 37071, frame 556
Boyer, Stephen; Venna, Nagarjuna; Ando, MegumiBitSight Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2020
Reel 54481, frame 727
BitSight Technologies, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 19, 2020
Reel 54481, frame 739
BitSight Technologies, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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