Term ends Jan 21, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 21, 2034
Held by Thales DIS CPL USA, Inc.
Filed Feb 26, 2018 as application 15/905,613 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2014
Jan 21, 2014
Term ends
Jan 21, 2034
Jan 21, 2034
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Jan 21, 2020
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,906,362, to Jan 21, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 21, 2014, when application 14/160,482, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2018) | Jan 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,906,362) | resolves to Jan 21, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 21, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,203,619 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/012086 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,906,362 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,541,810 | this patent Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
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 3, 2018 Reel 46549, frame 988 | Vormetric, Inc.; Thales e-Security, Inc. | Thales e-Security, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 27, 2019 Reel 48148, frame 56 | Thales e-Security, Inc. | Thales Esecurity, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 26, 2022 Reel 60907, frame 877 | Thales Esecurity, Inc.; Safenet, Inc.; Thales DIS CPL USA, Inc. | Thales DIS CPL USA, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2034
Term ends Jan 21, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,906,362, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.