388 patents currently held
32 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.
The next term ends in Apr 2029. from the record
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Ending by 2030
Apr 2029
Next term end
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Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Jul 2037 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Sep 2031 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Oct 2031 · High confidence
Systems, Devices, and Methods for Generating a Domain Name Using a User Interface
US 11,621,940
Cited by 51 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2037. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Management of SSL Certificate Escrow
US 8,971,539
Cited by 58 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
Systems and Methods for Malware Detection and Scanning
US 8,832,836
Cited by 44 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
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 21, 2026The maintenance fee for Real-Time Association of a Policy-Based Firewall with a Dynamic DNS Hostname (US 10,298,543) comes due Nov 21, 2026. Unpaid by May 21, 2027, it lapses early.
- 10 fees due Dec 2 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 7 fees due Jan 7 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 7
- 3 fees due Feb 6 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 6
- 6 fees due Mar 1 to 24, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 10 fees due Apr 1 to 27, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 8 fees due May 5 to 28, 2027 · next May 5
- 9 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 8 fees due Jul 2 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 9 fees due Aug 11 to 25, 2027 · next Aug 11
- 7 fees due Sep 5 to 29, 2027 · next Sep 5
- 2 fees due Oct 14 to 26, 2027 · next Oct 14
- 3 fees due Nov 5 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 5
Recent changes
- 5 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 2 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 226 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Shared Registration System Multi-Factor Authentication | 14 in force | to May 2033 |
| Hierarchical Publish and Subscribe System | 9 in force | to Mar 2031 |
| Methods and Systems for Providing Content Provider-Specified URL Keyword Navigation | 6 in force | to Mar 2034 |
| Dns-Based Symmetric-Key Infrastructure | 5 in force | to Feb 2038 |
| GTLD Domain Name Registries Rdap Architecture | 5 in force | to Jul 2037 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 9,742,723 | Internet Profile Service In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,094,467 | Method and System for Predicting Domain Name Registration Renewal Probability In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,856,344 | Method and System for Intelligent Many-To-Many Service Routing Over Epp In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,762,405 | Hierarchical Publish/Subscribe System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,184,299 | Hierarchical Publish and Subscribe System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,510,263 | Method and System for Auditing Transaction Data from Database Operations In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,124,592 | Method and System for Application Level Load Balancing in a Publish/Subscribe Message Architecture In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,235,829 | Hierarchical Publish/Subscribe System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,569,753 | Hierarchical Publish/Subscribe System Performed by Multiple Central Relays In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,269,080 | Hierarchical Publish/Subscribe System In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 388: 32 patents in force now held by others · 91 patents ended · 40 applications pending · 56 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.