Also listed on Watchguard, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 2, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 12, 2025
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,756,279), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Watchguard Video, Inc.
Filed May 13, 2010 as application 12/779,492 · Granted Aug 28, 2018
Base term plus 1136 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2005
Oct 12, 2005
Term ends
Feb 2, 2028
Feb 2, 2028
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 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
1,136
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,063,805, US 9,756,279.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 1136 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 12, 2005, when application 11/249,662, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2010) | Oct 12, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1136 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,063,805, US 9,756,279) | capped to Feb 2, 2028 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 2, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,081,214 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 10,063,805 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 12/779,564 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,487,995 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,756,279 | In force no later than Feb 2028 | no later than Feb 2028 |
| US 9,560,309 | In force no later than Feb 2027 | no later than Feb 2027 |
| US 9,871,993 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 10,075,669 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
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 2, 2010 Reel 24778, frame 38 | Enforcement Video, LP D/B/A/Watchguard Video | Enforcement Video, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Aug 2, 2010 Reel 24778, frame 199 | Vanman, Robert V.; Goble, Simon C. | Enforcement Video, LP, D/B/A Watchguardvideo | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2013 Reel 29924, frame 469 | Enforcement Video, LLC | Texas Capital Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jan 30, 2017 Reel 41564, frame 706 | Enforcement Video, LLC (a Texas Limited Liability Company) | Texas Capital Bank (National Banking Association) | Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 7, 2017 Reel 44712, frame 932 | Enforcement Video, LLC | Watchguard, Inc. | Certificate of Conversion |
| Nov 6, 2018 Reel 47435, frame 214 | Watchguard, Inc. | Texas Capital Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement No. 2 |
| Jul 12, 2019 Reel 49735, frame 91 | Texas Capital Bank, National Association | Watchguard, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2019 Reel 51325, frame 261 | Watchguard, Inc.; Watchguard Video, Inc. | Motorola Solutions Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 25, 2020 Reel 52536, frame 535 | Watchguard, Inc.; Watchguard Video, Inc. | Watchguard Video, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 2, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1136 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,063,805, US 9,756,279.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.