Also listed on Trend Micro Incorporated, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 16, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 24, 2027
Held by Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha
Filed Feb 24, 2007 as application 11/678,587 · Granted Dec 8, 2009
Base term plus 326 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2007
Feb 24, 2007
Term ends
Jan 16, 2028
Jan 16, 2028
Granted
Dec 8, 2009
Dec 8, 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
326
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.
11
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 326 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 Feb 24, 2007, when this application, 11/678,587, was filed | Feb 24, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +326 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 16, 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 | Jan 16, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,630,982 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,899,842 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,987,196 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,069,183 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,117,229 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,423,572 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,812,547 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 9,600,537 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2007 Reel 18929, frame 242 | Boyce, Kevin Gerard | Third Brigade, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2007 Reel 19284, frame 416 | Third Brigade, Inc. | Third Brigade, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Jan 29, 2009 Reel 22172, frame 914 | Boyce, Kevin Gerard | Third Brigade Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 018929 Frame 0242. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the to Correct the Name of the Assignee from Third Brigade, Inc. to Third Brigade Inc.. |
| Jan 29, 2009 Reel 22173, frame 449 | Third Brigade Inc. | Third Brigade Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 019284 Frame 0416. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the to Correct the Name of the Assignor and Assignee from Third Brigade, Inc. to Third Brigade Inc.. |
| Mar 11, 2009 Reel 22379, frame 598 | Third Brigade Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2009 Reel 23418, frame 501 | Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha | Trend Micro Incorporated | Confirmation of Company Name and Address |
| Oct 25, 2009 Reel 23418, frame 552 | Third Brigade Inc. | Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2011 Reel 27109, frame 457 | Comerica Bank | Third Brigade Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 326 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2009 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.