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Elastic Security Services and Load Balancing in a Wireless Mesh Network

US 11,729,621 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).

Term ends Apr 29, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Apr 8, 2022 as application 17/716,860 · Granted Aug 15, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2019
Term ends
Apr 29, 2039
Granted
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,310,665, to Apr 29, 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.
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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: 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 29, 2019, when application 16/397,951, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 8, 2022)Apr 29, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,310,665)resolves to Apr 29, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 29, 2039High confidence

This family

US 11,310,665In force
Feb 2040
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US 11,540,132In force
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US 11,438,963In force
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US 11,729,621this patent
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US 11,800,598In force
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US 11,863,987In force
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US 12,069,480In force
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US 12,238,825In force
no later than Apr 2039
no later than Apr 2039
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 13, 2022
Reel 59584, frame 481
Duo, Zhuangzhi; Dhablania, AtulSonicwall Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 30, 2025
Reel 71758, frame 159
Sonicwall Inc.UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien IP Supplement
Jul 9, 2026
Reel 75961, frame 907
Sonicwall US Holdings Inc.; Sonicwall Inc.; Banyan Security, Inc.UBS AG, Stamford BranchSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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