Also listed on Trend Micro Incorporated, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 5, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 19, 2027
Held by Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha
Filed Oct 19, 2007 as application 11/875,500 · Granted Aug 9, 2011
Base term plus 960 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2007
Oct 19, 2007
Term ends
Jun 5, 2030
Jun 5, 2030
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 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
960
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.
4
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 960 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 Oct 19, 2007, when this application, 11/875,500, was filed | Oct 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +960 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 5, 2030 | 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 | Jun 5, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,996,896 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,225,398 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,453,204 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,990,937 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2007 Reel 19988, frame 800 | Durie, Anthony Robert, MR. | Third Brigade, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2009 Reel 22176, frame 428 | Durie, Anthony Robert | Third Brigade Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 019988 Frame 0800. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the to Correct the Name of the 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
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 5, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 960 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
69
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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