Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).
Term ends Nov 6, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2034
Held by Digicert, Inc.
Filed Jan 25, 2021 as application 17/248,423 · Granted Jan 3, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014
Term ends
Nov 6, 2034
Nov 6, 2034
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Jan 3, 2023
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
6
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 6, 2014, when application 14/534,443, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 25, 2021) | Nov 6, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 6, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,602,616 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| US 10,244,072 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 10,904,352 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,546,446 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,052,327 | In force no later than Nov 2034 | no later than Nov 2034 |
| US 12,732,569 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2021 Reel 57327, frame 418 | Neustar, Inc. | Security Services, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2021 Reel 58166, frame 705 | Prieditis, Armand | Neustar, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2024 Reel 66867, frame 462 | Security Services, LLC | Vercara, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69991, frame 330 | Vercara, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69991, frame 390 | Vercara, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 71781, frame 348 | Vercara, LLC | Digicert, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2025 Reel 72295, frame 1 | Digicert, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 24, 2025 Reel 72947, frame 203 | Digicert, Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Intellectual Property Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 24, 2025 Reel 72928, frame 289 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Resigning Agent | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interests in Intellectual Property (First Lien), Recorded on January 23, 2025 at Reel 069991 Frame 0390 |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 6, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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