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System and Method for Automatically Associating Cybersecurity Intelligence to Cyberthreat Actors

US 12,726,492 In force
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Term ends Jul 28, 2039 · Low confidence

Filed Jun 27, 2024 as application 18/757,257 · Granted Sep 1, 2026
Base term plus 34 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2019
Term ends
Jul 28, 2039
Granted
Sep 1, 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
34
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,258,806, US 12,063,229, to Jul 28, 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.
3
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 34 days past its 20-year base term on 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: Low. 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 Jun 24, 2019, when application 16/450,579, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 27, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 24, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+34 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 28, 2039High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,258,806, US 12,063,229)resolves to Jul 28, 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
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 17676755Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 28, 2039Low confidence

This family

US 11,258,806In force
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
US 12,063,229In force
Dec 2039
Dec 2039
US 12,726,492this patent
Jul 2039
Jul 2039
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
Sep 18, 2024
Reel 68620, frame 783
Mandiant, Inc.Google LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 18, 2024
Reel 68980, frame 274
Berninger, Matthew; Vengerik, BarryFireeye, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 18, 2024
Reel 68981, frame 127
Fireeye, Inc.Mandiant, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 3, 2024
Reel 70611, frame 166
Fireeye, Inc.Mandiant, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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