Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).
Term ends Dec 10, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 10, 2035
Held by Sonicwall US Holdings Inc.
Filed Jan 2, 2018 as application 15/860,623 · Granted Apr 21, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2015
Dec 10, 2015
Term ends
Dec 10, 2035
Dec 10, 2035
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Apr 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.
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.
6
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 10, 2015, when application 14/965,866, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 2, 2018) | Dec 10, 2035 | 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 | 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 | Dec 10, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,860,259 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,630,697 | this patent Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,005,858 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,695,784 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 12,095,779 | In force no later than Dec 2035 | no later than Dec 2035 |
| US 12,712,888 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45426, frame 538 | Ling, Hui; Yu, Cuiping; Chen, Zhong | Dell Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45828, frame 650 | Quest Software Inc. | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45830, frame 265 | Dell Software Inc. | Quest Software Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 9, 2022 Reel 59912, frame 97 | Quest Software Inc. | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2025 Reel 71777, frame 641 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien IP Supplement |
| Jul 9, 2026 Reel 75961, frame 907 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc.; Sonicwall Inc.; Banyan Security, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 10, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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