Also listed on Edgio, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ended Oct 18, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 18, 2026
Held by DRNC Holdings, Inc.
Filed Apr 29, 2010 as application 12/770,600 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term plus 183 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 18, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2006
Apr 18, 2006
Term ended
Oct 18, 2026
Oct 18, 2026
Granted
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
183
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.
4
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 183 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Apr 18, 2006, when application 11/406,675, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 29, 2010) | Apr 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +183 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 18, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 18, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,291,095 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,738,787 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,738,734 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,183,576 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2010 Reel 24454, frame 901 | Cobb, Jonathan W.; Rowley, David; Anderson, Scott; Mahyari, Abbas | Limelight Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65597, frame 212 | Edgio, Inc.; Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP [Lynrock Lake Partners LLC, Its General Partner] | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65597, frame 406 | Edgio, Inc.; Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 23, 2024 Reel 68763, frame 276 | Edgio, Inc.; Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP [Lynrock Lake Partners LLC, Its General Partner] | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 9, 2024 Reel 68898, frame 281 | Limelight Networks, Inc. | Edgio, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70071, frame 327 | Edgio, Inc. | DRNC Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71817, frame 877 | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.); Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0212] |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71818, frame 22 | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.); Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 068763/0276] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.) | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0212] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0212] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.) | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 068763/0276] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 068763/0276] |
| Jul 9, 2025 Reel 71875, frame 105 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.) | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0406] |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 183 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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