Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 6, 2022 (Barclays Bank PLC).
Term ends Jul 1, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 9, 2026
Held by Watchguard Technologies, Inc.
Filed Dec 1, 2009 as application 12/628,901 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term plus 479 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Mar 9, 2006
Mar 9, 2006
Term ends
Jul 1, 2027
Jul 1, 2027
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 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
479
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,627,641, to Jul 1, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 479 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 9, 2006, when application 11/370,932, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 1, 2009) | Mar 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +479 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 1, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,627,641) | resolves to Jul 1, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jul 1, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,627,641 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,572,190 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2012 Reel 28488, frame 917 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 35995, frame 466 | Bank Of Montreal, As Administrative Agent | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 36038, frame 455 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2019 Reel 50195, frame 673 | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. L.P. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. L.P. | Change of Address for Assignee |
| May 21, 2020 Reel 52726, frame 553 | Alsop, John; Gabe, Christopher; Osborne, Robert Anthony | Borderware Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2020 Reel 52726, frame 666 | Borderware Technologies Inc. | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52801, frame 422 | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 52801, frame 668 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 682 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 720 | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60406, frame 751 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Watchguard Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 479 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,627,641, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.