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System and Method for Detecting a Malicious Activity in a Computing Environment

US 10,218,717 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Awake Security LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 11, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Feb 11, 2016 as application 15/042,135 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term plus 126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2016
Term ends
Feb 11, 2036
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
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
126
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 10,218,733, US 10,237,287.
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.
2
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 126 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Feb 11, 2016, when this application, 15/042,135, was filedFeb 11, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+126 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 16, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,218,733, US 10,237,287)capped to Feb 11, 2036High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 11, 2036High confidence

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US 10,218,717this patent
Feb 2036
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US 10,218,733In force
Feb 2036
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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
Feb 11, 2016
Reel 37720, frame 871
Amidon, Keith; Callahan, Michael; Chalasani, Manasa; Dash, Debabrata; Golomb, GaryAwake Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 10, 2019
Reel 48045, frame 948
Awake Networks, Inc.Awake Security, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 23, 2020
Reel 54500, frame 373
Awake Security, Inc.Awake Security LLCChange of Name
Jan 18, 2024
Reel 66165, frame 924
Awake Security LLCArista Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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