Term ends Oct 29, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 24, 2026
Held by Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed Jul 24, 2006 as application 11/459,632 · Granted May 3, 2011
Base term plus 1193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jul 24, 2006
Jul 24, 2006
Term ends
Oct 29, 2029
Oct 29, 2029
Granted
May 3, 2011
May 3, 2011
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
1,193
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.
27
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 1193 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 Jul 24, 2006, when this application, 11/459,632, was filed | Jul 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1193 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 29, 2029 | 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 | Oct 29, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,937,344 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2006/029019 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,589,321 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 8,694,450 | Term ended no later than Jul 2026 | no later than Jul 2026 |
| US 9,128,916 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,943,056 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,384,261 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 9,361,357 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
8 of 27 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 5, 2007 Reel 18854, frame 199 | Baum, Michael J.; Carasso, David; Das, Robin K.; Hall, Brad; Murphy, Brian; Sorkin, Stephen; Stechert, Andre; Swan, Erik M. | Splunk Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2011 Reel 26159, frame 645 | Splunk Inc. | Splunk Inc. | Change of Assignee Address |
| Jul 23, 2012 Reel 28614, frame 857 | Baum, Michael Joseph; Carasso, R. David; Das, Robin Kumar; Hall, Bradley; Murphy, Brian Philip; Sorkin, Stephen Phillip; Stechert, Andre David; Swan, Erik M.; Greene, Rory; Mealy, Nicholas Christian; Noren, Christina | Splunk Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2025 Reel 72170, frame 599 | Splunk Inc. | Splunk LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 22, 2025 Reel 72173, frame 58 | Splunk LLC | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 29, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
883
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.