Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 2, 2026 (Keybank National Association).
Term ends Aug 24, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 24, 2027
Held by Datadirect Networks, Inc.
Filed Aug 8, 2011 as application 13/205,018 · Granted May 15, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 24, 2007
Aug 24, 2007
Term ends
Aug 24, 2027
Aug 24, 2027
Granted
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,020,074, to Aug 24, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
31
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Aug 24, 2007, when application 11/844,664, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2011) | Aug 24, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,020,074) | resolves to Aug 24, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Aug 24, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,020,074 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 7,917,810 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,095,763 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,877,626 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,086,794 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,719,520 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,560,772 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,181,089 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2011 Reel 26728, frame 987 | Fernandes, Cedric T.; Manning, John Gordon; Piszczek, Michael J.; McBryde, Lee Douglas; Harker, William Joseph | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2011 Reel 27316, frame 486 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | East West Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jan 13, 2015 Reel 34693, frame 698 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Preferred Bank, As Lender | Security Interest |
| Jan 16, 2015 Reel 34737, frame 643 | East West Bank | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2018 Reel 47228, frame 734 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2026 Reel 75478, frame 178 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2026 Reel 75737, frame 508 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 Reel 74955, frame 540 | Preferred Bank | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2026 Reel 75892, frame 63 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 24, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,020,074, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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.