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Systems and Methods for Identifying Hidden Processes

US 8,549,648 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Oct 28, 2031 · High confidence

Held by McAfee, LLC
Filed Mar 29, 2011 as application 13/074,741 · Granted Oct 1, 2013
Base term plus 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2011
Term ends
Oct 28, 2031
Granted
Oct 1, 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
213
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.
24
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 213 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 Mar 29, 2011, when this application, 13/074,741, was filedMar 29, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+213 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 28, 2031High 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 orderOct 28, 2031High confidence

This family

US 9,317,690In force
Dec 2031
Dec 2031
Application 13/073,791Abandoned
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Application 13/073,842Abandoned
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Application 13/073,853Abandoned
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US 8,549,644In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 8,549,648this patent
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 8,925,089In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
Application 13/074,947Abandoned
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8 of 24 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 29, 2011
Reel 26043, frame 357
Sallam, Ahmed SaidMcAfee, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 24, 2017
Reel 43665, frame 918
McAfee, Inc.McAfee, LLCChange of Name and Entity Conversion
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45055, frame 786
McAfee, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45056, frame 676
McAfee, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 22, 2020
Reel 54206, frame 593
McAfee, LLCMorgan 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, LLCJpmorgan 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 AgentMcAfee, LLCRelease of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045055/0786
Mar 2, 2022
Reel 59354, frame 213
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentMcAfee, LLCRelease of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045056/0676
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59354, frame 335
McAfee, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2022
Reel 60792, frame 307
McAfee, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentCorrective 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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