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Techniques for Securing Virtual Machines

US 11,431,735 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 30, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Orca Security Ltd.
Filed Sep 27, 2019 as application 16/585,967 · Granted Aug 30, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 30, 2026
2019 2040
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2019
No longer in force
Aug 30, 2026
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Term would have run to
Oct 12, 2040
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
381
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.

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 filingClock starts Sep 27, 2019, when this application, 16/585,967, was filedSep 27, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+381 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 12, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 30, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 30, 2026Medium confidence

Sources

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