Also listed on Reconnex Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Dec 1, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 30, 2024
Held by McAfee, LLC
Filed Mar 30, 2004 as application 10/815,239 · Granted Oct 12, 2010
Base term plus 976 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2004
Mar 30, 2004
Term ends
Dec 1, 2026
Dec 1, 2026
Granted
Oct 12, 2010
Oct 12, 2010
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
976
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.
2
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 976 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 30, 2004, when this application, 10/815,239, was filed | Mar 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +976 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 2026 | 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 | Dec 1, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,814,327 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,166,307 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2004 Reel 15631, frame 996 | Ahuja, Ratinder Paul Singh; Howard, Matthew; Lowe, Rick; De La Iglesia, Erik | Reconnex Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2008 Reel 20376, frame 726 | Deninger, William | Reconnex Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 26, 2009 Reel 22214, frame 151 | Reconnex Corporation | McAfee, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 24, 2017 Reel 43665, frame 918 | McAfee, Inc. | McAfee, LLC | Change of Name and Entity Conversion |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45055, frame 786 | McAfee, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45056, frame 676 | McAfee, LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54206, frame 593 | McAfee, LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045056 Frame 0676. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 55854, frame 47 | McAfee, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045055 Frame 786. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54238, frame 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | McAfee, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045055/0786 |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59354, frame 213 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | McAfee, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045056/0676 |
| Mar 3, 2022 Reel 59354, frame 335 | McAfee, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2022 Reel 60792, frame 307 | McAfee, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Patent Titles and Remove Duplicates in the Schedule Previously Recorded at Reel: 059354 Frame: 0335. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 1, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 976 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
115
later US patents cite this one
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