Also listed on Splunk Inc, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 20, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2037
Held by Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed Jan 4, 2021 as application 17/141,148 · Granted Nov 22, 2022
Base term plus 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2017
Sep 25, 2017
Term ends
Oct 20, 2037
Oct 20, 2037
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 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
25
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,887,369, to Oct 20, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 25 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 25, 2017, when application 15/715,082, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 4, 2021) | Sep 25, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +25 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,887,369) | resolves to Oct 20, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 20, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,887,369 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,509,706 | this patent Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| US 11,838,351 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55082, frame 326 | Iliofotou, Marios; Bulusu, Ravi; Athalye, Ashwin; Kavacheri, Sathya; Kesarimanglam, Shekar | Splunk Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2025 Reel 72170, frame 599 | Splunk Inc. | Splunk LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 22, 2025 Reel 72173, frame 58 | Splunk LLC | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2025 Reel 72145, frame 426 | Iliofotou, Marios; Bulusu, Ravi; Athalye, Ashwin; Kavacheri, Sathya; Kesarimanglam, Shekar | Splunk Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2037
Term ends Oct 20, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,887,369, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
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.