Also listed on Skybox Security, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 30, 2025 (TCG Senior Funding, L.L.C.).
Term ends Nov 5, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 5, 2040
Held by Spear Parent, Inc.
Filed Nov 5, 2020 as application 17/090,847 · Granted Aug 15, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2020
Nov 5, 2020
Term ends
Nov 5, 2040
Nov 5, 2040
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 5, 2020, when this application, 17/090,847, was filed | Nov 5, 2040 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 5, 2040 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2022 Reel 61994, frame 530 | Skybox Security, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 31, 2023 Reel 63231, frame 529 | Circus, Ravid; Chen, Yaron; Davidson, Ron | Skybox Security, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 25, 2025 Reel 70328, frame 572 | Skybox Security, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct the Property List by Deleting Patent Application No. 10/409,993 and Adding Patent No. 10,409,993 Previously Recorded at Reel: 61994 Frame: 530. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Feb 25, 2025 Reel 70326, frame 871 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Skybox Security, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 16, 2025 Reel 71138, frame 372 | Skybox Security, Inc. | Spear Parent, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2025 Reel 71464, frame 732 | Spear Parent, Inc. | TCG Senior Funding, L.L.C., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2040
Term ends Nov 5, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.