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Term ends Sep 20, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Nov 1, 2002 as application 10/286,576 · Granted Feb 23, 2010
Base term plus 1784 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2002 2027
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2002
Term ends
Sep 20, 2027
Granted
Feb 23, 2010
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,784
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.

This patent's term runs 1784 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 1, 2002, when this application, 10/286,576, was filedNov 1, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1784 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 20, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 20, 2027High confidence

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
Nov 1, 2002
Reel 13459, frame 783
Klinker, Eric; Johnson, Jeremy; McCanne, Steven; McKernan, Daniel S.; Chaffee, Gordon; Fraleigh, Charles J.Netvmg, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 20, 2009
Reel 23397, frame 352
Netvmg, Inc.Internap Network Services CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 9, 2010
Reel 25337, frame 437
Internap Network Services CorporationWells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 4, 2013
Reel 31710, frame 635
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC (as Agent)Internap Network Services CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 5, 2013
Reel 31765, frame 527
Internap Network Services CorporationJefferies Finance LLC (as Collateral Agent)Security Agreement
Feb 16, 2015
Reel 35000, frame 349
Internap Network Services CorporationInternap CorporationChange of Name
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 41929, frame 328
Jefferies Finance LLCInternap CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jan 5, 2018
Reel 44547, frame 29
Internap CorporationJefferies Finance LLCSecurity Interest
May 8, 2020
Reel 52616, frame 515
Internap Holding LLCWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
May 8, 2020
Reel 52617, frame 103
Jefferies Finance LLCInternap CorporationRelease of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel 044547/FRAME 0029
May 11, 2020
Reel 52628, frame 18
Jefferies Finance LLCInternap CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2020
Reel 54868, frame 48
Internap CorporationInternap Holding LLCChange of Name
May 10, 2022
Reel 59884, frame 443
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationInternap Holding LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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