Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).
Term ends no later than Nov 6, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2034
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Digicert, Inc.
Filed Dec 30, 2022 as application 18/148,905 · Granted Jul 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014
Ends no later than
Nov 6, 2034
Nov 6, 2034
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 30, 2022) | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Nov 6, 2034 | Medium 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 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,052,327 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62291, frame 304 | Prieditis, Armand | Neustar, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62291, frame 360 | Neustar, Inc. | Security Services, LLC | 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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 2034
Term ends no later than Nov 6, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 6, 2034. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.