Term ends Feb 11, 2039 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 11, 2039
Held by Avecto Limited
Filed May 3, 2022 as application 17/736,053 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2019
Feb 11, 2019
Term ends
Feb 11, 2039
Feb 11, 2039
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,366,931, to Feb 11, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Feb 11, 2019, when application 16/272,266, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 11, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,366,931) | resolves to Feb 11, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 16272266 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 11, 2039 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 11,366,931 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 11,720,712 | this patent Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,039,085 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,462,064 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| Application 19/359,512 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2022 Reel 59883, frame 816 | Goodridge, John; McLean, Ian James | Avecto Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2022 Reel 61456, frame 980 | Avecto Ltd. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65696, frame 980 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Avecto Ltd. | Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65697, frame 239 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Avecto Ltd. | Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2039
Term ends Feb 11, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,366,931, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 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.