Fortra, LLC

45 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

2 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 3 name spellings.

Previously recorded as Help/Systems, LLC (to 2022)

Ending by 2030

Apr 2029

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When these terms end

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Nov 26, 2026
The maintenance fee for Data Transfer Method, System and Protocol (US 9,043,486) comes due Nov 26, 2026. Unpaid by May 26, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Apr 20, 2027
The maintenance fee for Automation Discovery to Identify Malicious Activity (US 9,166,994) comes due Apr 20, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 20, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due May 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and Method for Providing Automated Computer Security Compromise as a Service (US 9,183,397) comes due May 10, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 10, 2027, it lapses early.
2 fees due Jul 5 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 5
5 fees due Sep 5 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 5
1 fee due Oct 26, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and Method to Anonymize Data Transmitted to a Destination Computing Device (US 9,323,818) comes due Oct 26, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 26, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and Method to Anonymize Data Transmitted to a Destination Computing Device (US 9,338,220) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

1 term has ended since Aug 17, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,831,995	Establishing and Enforcing Security and Privacy Policies in Web-Based Applications In force Term ends Apr 4, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 4, 2029	High confidence
US 10,027,688	Method and System for Detecting Malicious And/Or Botnet-Related Domain Names In force Term ends Aug 10, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 10, 2029	High confidence
US 8,566,928	Method and System for Detecting and Responding to Attacking Networks In force Term ends Sep 22, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 22, 2029	High confidence
US 8,356,353	System and Method for Simulating Computer Network Attacks In force Term ends Feb 17, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 17, 2030	High confidence
US 8,365,289	System and Method for Providing Network Penetration Testing In force Term ends Apr 22, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 22, 2030	High confidence
US 9,043,486	Data Transfer Method, System and Protocol In force Term ends May 22, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 22, 2030	High confidence
US 10,257,212	Method and System for Detecting Malware In force Term ends Jan 5, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 5, 2031	High confidence
US 8,826,438	Method and System for Network-Based Detecting of Malware from Behavioral Clustering In force Term ends Jan 18, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 18, 2031	High confidence
US 9,948,671	Method and System for Network-Based Detecting of Malware from Behavioral Clustering In force Term ends Jan 18, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 18, 2031	High confidence
US 9,292,696	System and Method to Anonymize Data Transmitted to a Destination Computing Device In force Term ends Mar 8, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 8, 2031	High confidence

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Sources and methods

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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