Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 14, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2029
Held by McAfee, LLC
Filed Jan 29, 2009 as application 12/322,220 · Granted Aug 20, 2013
Base term plus 409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2009
Jan 29, 2009
Term ends
Mar 14, 2030
Mar 14, 2030
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Aug 20, 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
409
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.
This patent's term runs 409 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 Jan 29, 2009, when this application, 12/322,220, was filed | Jan 29, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +409 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 14, 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 | Mar 14, 2030 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2009 Reel 22254, frame 260 | Saraf, Suman; Agrawal, Sharad; Kumar, Pankaj | Solidcore Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2009 Reel 22973, frame 458 | Solidcore Systems, Inc. | McAfee, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 24, 2017 Reel 43665, frame 918 | McAfee, Inc. | McAfee, LLC | Change of Name and Entity Conversion |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45055, frame 786 | McAfee, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45056, frame 676 | McAfee, LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54206, frame 593 | McAfee, LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045056 Frame 0676. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 55854, frame 47 | McAfee, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045055 Frame 786. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54238, frame 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | McAfee, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045055/0786 |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59354, frame 213 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | McAfee, LLC | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045056/0676 |
| Mar 3, 2022 Reel 59354, frame 335 | McAfee, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2022 Reel 60792, frame 307 | McAfee, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Patent Titles and Remove Duplicates in the Schedule Previously Recorded at Reel: 059354 Frame: 0335. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 14, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
57
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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