Term ended Dec 21, 2022 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 30, 2022
Held by Riverbed Technology LLC
Filed Sep 15, 2005 as application 11/229,016 · Granted Sep 23, 2008
Base term plus 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Dec 21, 2022
2002
2026
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2002
Oct 30, 2002
Term ended
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
Granted
Sep 23, 2008
Sep 23, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
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
273
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,120,666.
3 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.
20
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 273 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 30, 2002, when applications 10/285,315 and 10/285,330, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Sep 15, 2005) | Oct 30, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +273 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 30, 2023 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,120,666) | capped to Dec 21, 2022 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,667,700 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,120,666 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,069,225 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2003/034327 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 6,828,925 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 6,961,009 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,116,249 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,428,573 | this patent Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
8 of 20 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2009 Reel 22804, frame 628 | McCanne, Steven; Demmer, Michael J. | NBT Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2009 Reel 22804, frame 643 | NBT Technology, Inc. | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 26, 2009 Reel 22935, frame 943 | McCanne, Steven; Demmer, Michael J. | NBT Technology, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Zip Code for Receiving Party of Assignment Should Be 94107 Previously Recorded on Reel 022804, Frame 0628. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Patent Application Shows Correct Zip Code of 94107. |
| Dec 20, 2012 Reel 29646, frame 60 | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Opnet Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | Security Agreement |
| Dec 26, 2013 Reel 32113, frame 425 | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2013 Reel 32421, frame 162 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 28, 2015 Reel 35521, frame 69 | Barclays Bank PLC | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 1, 2015 Reel 35561, frame 363 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35807, frame 680 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 035521 Frame 0069. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55514, frame 249 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 26, 2021 Reel 56397, frame 750 | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57983, frame 356 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Riverbed Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Aternity LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57810, frame 502 | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement Supplement - First Lien |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57810, frame 559 | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement Supplement - Second Lien |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 57943, frame 386 | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 10, 2021 Reel 58486, frame 216 | Riverbed Technology LLC (Formerly Riverbed Technology, Inc.); Aternity LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 46 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 108 | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 169 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 18, 2022 Reel 59232, frame 551 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Riverbed Technology LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64673, frame 739 | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC; Riverbed Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 273 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,120,666.
Citations
180
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
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