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System and Method for Server-Coupled Malware Prevention

US 8,347,386 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 10, 2024 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ends Nov 17, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Aug 25, 2010 as application 12/868,669 · Granted Jan 1, 2013
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2008
Term ends
Nov 17, 2028
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
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
27
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.
42
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 27 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 Oct 21, 2008, when application 12/255,621, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2010)Oct 21, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 17, 2028High 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 orderNov 17, 2028High confidence

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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 9, 2010
Reel 25337, frame 902
Mahaffey, Kevin Patrick; Burgess, James David; Golombek, David; Wyatt, Timothy Micheal; Lineberry, Anthony McKay; Barton, Kyle; Evans, Daniel Lee; Richardson, David Luke; Salomon, ArielLookout, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 29, 2018
Reel 48208, frame 947
Lookout, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jun 6, 2019
Reel 49408, frame 861
Lookout, Inc.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Nov 23, 2020
Reel 54716, frame 923
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Lookout Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 668
Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank")Lookout, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2022
Reel 59909, frame 764
Lookout, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 2, 2023
Reel 63844, frame 638
Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Administrative AgentLookout, Inc.Release of Patent Security Interest at Reel 59909 and Frame 0764
Aug 10, 2024
Reel 68538, frame 177
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72989, frame 675
Lookout, Inc.Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 73028, frame 189
Lookout, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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