Term ends Feb 24, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 24, 2027
Held by Trend Micro Incorporated
Filed Apr 15, 2013 as application 13/862,849 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2007
Feb 24, 2007
Term ends
Feb 24, 2027
Feb 24, 2027
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,630,982, to Feb 24, 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.
11
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Feb 24, 2007, when application 11/678,587, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2013) | Feb 24, 2027 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,630,982) | resolves to Feb 24, 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 | Feb 24, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,630,982 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,899,842 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,987,196 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,069,183 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,117,229 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,423,572 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,812,547 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 9,600,537 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
8 of 11 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2013 Reel 30215, frame 853 | Boyce, Kevin, MR. | Third Brigade Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2013 Reel 30215, frame 972 | Third Brigade Inc. | Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2013 Reel 30219, frame 601 | Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha | Trend Micro Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 24, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,630,982, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.