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Decoy Network Technology with Automatic Signature Generation for Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems

US 8,429,746 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 6, 2025 (Comerica Bank).

Term ends Mar 1, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jul 17, 2006 as application 11/488,743 · Granted Apr 23, 2013
Base term plus 1323 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2030
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2006
Term ends
Mar 1, 2030
Granted
Apr 23, 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
1,323
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.
5
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 1323 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 Jul 17, 2006, when this application, 11/488,743, was filedJul 17, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1323 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 1, 2030High 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 orderMar 1, 2030High confidence

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US 8,429,746this patent
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Application 11/788,795Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2008/060336PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,656,493Term ended
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 9,866,584Term ended
Jul 2026
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 22, 2006
Reel 18164, frame 858
Capalik, AlenNeuraliq, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2015
Reel 36074, frame 499
Neuraliq, Inc.Countertack Inc.Change of Name
Nov 21, 2016
Reel 40384, frame 329
Countertack Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
May 29, 2018
Reel 45923, frame 804
Pacific Western BankCountertack Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 28, 2023
Reel 65082, frame 59
Countertack, Inc.Gosecure, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 6, 2025
Reel 70134, frame 413
Gosecure, Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Interest
Feb 14, 2025
Reel 70235, frame 936
Gosecure, Inc.Comerica BankCorrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 70134 Frame: 0413. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Terest .

Sources

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