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Methods and Systems for Preventing Malicious Use of Phishing Simulation Records

US 8,910,287 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 3, 2022 (Blue Torch Capital LP).

Term ends Jan 21, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Cofense Inc.
Filed Mar 24, 2014 as application 14/223,820 · Granted Dec 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2014
Term ends
Jan 21, 2034
Granted
Dec 9, 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 9,262,629, to Jan 21, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jan 21, 2014, when application 14/160,443, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 24, 2014)Jan 21, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,262,629)resolves to Jan 21, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 21, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,262,629In force
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
US 8,910,287this patent
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
Application 15/044,099Abandoned
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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
Oct 31, 2014
Reel 34083, frame 195
Belani, Rohyt; Higbee, Aaron; Greaux, ScottPhishme, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 24, 2015
Reel 35246, frame 17
Phishme Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Jan 15, 2019
Reel 48016, frame 424
Phishme Inc.; Poseidon Merger Sub 2 Inc.; Cofense Inc.Cofense Inc.Merger and Change of Name
Sep 24, 2019
Reel 50478, frame 889
Cofense Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 3, 2019
Reel 50616, frame 262
Silicon Valley BankCofense, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 4, 2021
Reel 57692, frame 722
Cofense Bidco Corporation; Cofense Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLC, as Adminstrative AgentSecurity Interest
May 3, 2022
Reel 59800, frame 834
Cofense Inc.Blue Torch Capital LPSecurity Interest
May 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCCofense Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 6, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Orix Growth Capital, LLCCofense Bidco CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 6, 2022
Reel 59864, frame 955
Orix Growth Capital, LLCCofense Inc.; Cofense Bidco CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 5, 2023
Reel 64381, frame 245
Cofense Inc.Blue Torch Finance LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Blue Torch Finance LLC Previously Recorded on Reel 059800 Frame 0834. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.

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