Also listed on Netscreen Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 17, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 8, 2022
Filed Feb 8, 2002 as application 10/072,683 · Granted Feb 5, 2013
Base term plus 2016 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2002
2027
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2002
Feb 8, 2002
Term ends
Aug 17, 2027
Aug 17, 2027
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013
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
2,016
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.
13
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 2016 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 Feb 8, 2002, when this application, 10/072,683, was filed | Feb 8, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2016 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 17, 2027 | 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 | Aug 17, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,370,936 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,650,634 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2004/009607 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,734,752 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,209,756 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,959,197 | Term ended no later than Feb 2022 | no later than Feb 2022 |
| US 9,094,372 | Term ended Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 9,100,364 | Term ended Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2002 Reel 13424, frame 750 | Zuk, Nir; Guruswamy, Kowsik | Onesecure, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2003 Reel 13839, frame 886 | Onesecure, Inc. | Netscreen Technologies, Inc. | Re-Record to Correct the Assignment, Previously Recorded on Reel 013424 Frame 0750, Assignor Confirms the Assignment of the Entire Interest. |
| Jun 19, 2004 Reel 14743, frame 842 | Netscreen Technologies, Inc. | Juniper Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2026 Reel 76302, frame 450 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 17, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2016 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
622
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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