System and method for continuous collection, analysis and reporting of attack paths choke points in a directory services environment

US 12,401,664 In force

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Term ends Nov 27, 2040 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Named at grant Specter Ops, Inc. · find this owner

Filed Nov 17, 2022 as application 17/989,591 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Base term plus 218 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Nov 27, 2040

2020 2040

Clock starts
Apr 23, 2020

Term ends
Nov 27, 2040

Granted
Aug 26, 2025

base term patent term adjustment 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

218

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

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.

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 Apr 23, 2020, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Apr 23, 2040	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	+218 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Nov 27, 2040	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 27, 2040	From the USPTO record

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System and method for continuous collection, analysis and reporting of attack paths choke points in a directory services environment

Term ends Nov 27, 2040 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2040

How we calculated this date

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