Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 6, 2022 (Barclays Bank PLC).
Term ends Aug 21, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 4, 2040
Held by Watchguard Technologies, Inc.
Filed May 4, 2020 as application 16/866,477 · Granted Aug 30, 2022
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020
Term ends
Aug 21, 2040
Aug 21, 2040
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Aug 30, 2022
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
109
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.
3
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 109 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 May 4, 2020, when this application, 16/866,477, was filed | May 4, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 21, 2040 | 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 | Aug 21, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,432,152 | this patent Aug 2040 | Aug 2040 |
| US 11,863,985 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US 11,863,984 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52799, frame 317 | Elliott, Scott; Lindenauer, Jay | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 682 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 720 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2040
Term ends Aug 21, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.