Collateral for a security interest recorded May 3, 2022 (Blue Torch Capital LP).
Term ends Feb 8, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2035
Held by Cofense Inc.
Filed Feb 25, 2020 as application 16/801,130 · Granted Oct 26, 2021
Base term plus 9 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2015
Dec 31, 2015
Term ends
Feb 8, 2033
Feb 8, 2033
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Oct 26, 2021
base term
after the term ends
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
9
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 11,146,575.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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 9 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 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 Dec 31, 2015, when application 14/986,515, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 25, 2020) | Dec 31, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +9 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 9, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,146,575) | capped to Feb 8, 2033 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 8, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,906,539 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2016/026817 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,906,554 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,298,602 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| Application 16/181,122 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,375,093 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 11,146,575 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 11,159,545 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2021 Reel 57692, frame 722 | Cofense Bidco Corporation; Cofense Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC, as Adminstrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 13, 2022 Reel 59248, frame 873 | Higbee, Aaron; Chamberlain, David; Philip, Vineetha | Cofense Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2022 Reel 59800, frame 834 | Cofense Inc. | Blue Torch Capital LP | Security Interest |
| May 6, 2022 Reel 59864, frame 955 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Cofense Inc.; Cofense Bidco Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Cofense Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Cofense Bidco Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 5, 2023 Reel 64381, frame 245 | Cofense Inc. | Blue Torch Finance LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Blue Torch Finance LLC Previously Recorded on Reel 059800 Frame 0834. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 8, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 9 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,146,575.
Citations
57
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.