Also listed on Guardicore Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 2, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 12, 2037
Held by Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Filed Feb 12, 2017 as application 15/430,491 · Granted Jul 23, 2019
Base term plus 263 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2017
Feb 12, 2017
Term ends
Nov 2, 2037
Nov 2, 2037
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 2019
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
263
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
This patent's term runs 263 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 12, 2017, when this application, 15/430,491, was filed | Feb 12, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +263 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 2, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2037 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2017 Reel 41232, frame 43 | Tal, Itamar; Zeitlin, Ariel | Guardicore Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2019 Reel 47989, frame 806 | Guardicore Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2021 Reel 57768, frame 936 | Silicon Valley Bank | Guardicore Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2022 Reel 61313, frame 504 | Guardicore Ltd. | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2037
Term ends Nov 2, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 263 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.