Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).
Term ends Apr 2, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 10, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sonicwall US Holdings Inc.
Filed Sep 17, 2024 as application 18/887,786 · Granted Aug 18, 2026
Base term plus 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2015
Dec 10, 2015
Term ends
Apr 2, 2036
Apr 2, 2036
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 2026
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
114
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 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 runs 114 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 10, 2015, when application 14/965,866, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 17, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 10, 2035 | 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 | +114 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 2, 2036 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 2, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,860,259 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 10,630,697 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,005,858 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,695,784 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 12,095,779 | In force no later than Dec 2035 | no later than Dec 2035 |
| US 12,712,888 | this patent Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2024 Reel 68924, frame 282 | Ling, Hui; Yu, Cuiping; Chen, Zhong | Dell Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2024 Reel 69180, frame 472 | Quest Software Inc. | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2024 Reel 69180, frame 579 | Dell Software Inc. | Quest Software Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 30, 2025 Reel 71777, frame 641 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien IP Supplement |
| Jul 9, 2026 Reel 75961, frame 907 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc.; Sonicwall Inc.; Banyan Security, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2036
Term ends Apr 2, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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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.