Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed Apr 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 9, 2028
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by McAfee, LLC
Filed Jul 25, 2012 as application 13/558,227 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 22, 2026
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 9, 2008
Jan 9, 2008
No longer in force
Apr 22, 2026
Apr 22, 2026
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 9, 2028
Jan 9, 2028
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Jan 9, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 9, 2008, when application 12/008,274, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 25, 2012) | Jan 9, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,332,929 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,424,154 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,701,182 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,707,422 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,864,868 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
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