Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 6, 2022 (Barclays Bank PLC).
Term ends Jul 2, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 11, 2025
Held by Watchguard Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 11, 2005 as application 11/103,061 · Granted Sep 1, 2009
Base term plus 1178 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2005
Apr 11, 2005
Term ends
Jul 2, 2028
Jul 2, 2028
Granted
Sep 1, 2009
Sep 1, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,178
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
38
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 1178 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 11, 2005, when this application, 11/103,061, was filed | Apr 11, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1178 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 2, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 2, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,237,263 | Term ended Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 7,613,172 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 7,613,923 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,584,256 | this patent Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 7,617,305 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,464,329 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,882,558 | Term ended no later than Nov 2023 | no later than Nov 2023 |
| US 7,882,187 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2005 Reel 16464, frame 663 | Osborne, Robert; Simpson, Bill; Gilchrist, Rod | Borderware Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2005 Reel 17234, frame 902 | Borderware Technologies Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2007 Reel 19024, frame 560 | Borderware Technologies Inc. | WF Fund III Limited Partnership | Confirmation of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Sep 25, 2007 Reel 19871, frame 494 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Borderware Technologies Inc.; Wellington Financial LP | Consent and Agreement |
| Sep 25, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Borderware Technologies Inc. | Consent and Agreement |
| Sep 25, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Wellington Financial LP | Consent and Agreement |
| Aug 13, 2009 Reel 23098, frame 771 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc.; Gladiator Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Aug 14, 2009 Reel 23100, frame 537 | Borderware Technologies, Inc. | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2012 Reel 28477, frame 268 | Silicon Valley Bank | Watchguard Technologies, Inc.; Gladiator Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2012 Reel 28488, frame 917 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 2, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Gladiator Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 35995, frame 466 | Bank Of Montreal, As Administrative Agent | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 36038, frame 455 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2019 Reel 50195, frame 673 | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. L.P. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. L.P. | Change of Address for Assignee |
| May 27, 2020 Reel 52763, frame 469 | WF Fund III Limited Partnership | Borderware Technologies Inc. | Court Order |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52801, frame 422 | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52801, frame 668 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 682 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 720 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 751 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 2, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1178 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
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