Term ends Jun 27, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 26, 2038
Held by Avecto Limited
Filed Sep 26, 2018 as application 16/142,894 · Granted Jul 13, 2021
Base term plus 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018
Term ends
Jun 27, 2039
Jun 27, 2039
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021
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
274
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.
4
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 274 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 Sep 26, 2018, when this application, 16/142,894, was filed | Sep 26, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +274 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 27, 2039 | 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 | Jun 27, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,062,055 | this patent Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,687,674 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,536,335 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| Application 19/429,125 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2018 Reel 46982, frame 942 | Goodridge, John | Avecto Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 31, 2018 Reel 47996, frame 201 | Avecto Ltd. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2018 Reel 47996, frame 433 | Avecto Ltd. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65696, frame 980 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Avecto Ltd. | Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65697, frame 239 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Avecto Ltd. | Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2039
Term ends Jun 27, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 274 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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