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Also listed on Zeus Technology Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 9, 2020 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).

Term ends Oct 13, 2033 · High confidence

Filed May 25, 2011 as application 13/115,692 · Granted Dec 30, 2014
Base term plus 872 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2033
Clock starts
May 25, 2011
Term ends
Oct 13, 2033
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
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
872
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.

This patent's term runs 872 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 25, 2011, when this application, 13/115,692, was filedMay 25, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+872 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 13, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 13, 2033High confidence

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
May 25, 2011
Reel 26338, frame 582
Conlon, Declan Sean; Ghildyal, GauravZeus Technology LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2012
Reel 27603, frame 331
Zeus Technology LimitedRiverbed Technology LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 2, 2012
Reel 27644, frame 888
Riverbed Technology LimitedRiverbed Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2012
Reel 29646, frame 60
Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Opnet Technologies, Inc.Morgan Stanley & Co. LLCSecurity Agreement
Dec 26, 2013
Reel 32113, frame 425
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as Collateral AgentRiverbed Technology, Inc.Release of Patent Security Interest
Dec 27, 2013
Reel 32421, frame 162
Riverbed Technology, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement
Mar 3, 2015
Reel 35078, frame 354
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentRiverbed Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2015
Reel 35097, frame 776
Riverbed Technology, Inc.Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 1, 2015
Reel 35561, frame 363
Riverbed Technology, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 9, 2017
Reel 41298, frame 876
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRiverbed Technology, Inc.Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 035561/0363
Sep 15, 2017
Reel 43604, frame 172
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.Pulse Secure, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 29, 2020
Reel 53638, frame 220
Pulse Secure, LLCKKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 1, 2020
Reel 54559, frame 368
KKR Loan Administration Services LLCPulse Secure, LLCRelease of Security Interest : Recorded at Reel/Frame - 053638-0220
Dec 9, 2020
Reel 54665, frame 62
Cellsec, Inc.; Pulse Secure, LLC; Ivanti, Inc.; Mobileiron, Inc.; Ivanti US LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 9, 2020
Reel 54665, frame 873
Cellsec, Inc.; Pulse Secure, LLC; Invanti, Inc.; Mobileiron, Inc.; Invanti US LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 29, 2025
Reel 71123, frame 386
Bank of America, N.A., as Resigning AgentAlter Domus (US) LLC, as Successor AgentNotice of Succession of Agency for Security Interest at Reel/Frame 054665/0873
May 3, 2025
Reel 71165, frame 27
Pulse Secure LLCAlter Domus (US) LLCSecurity Interest
May 5, 2025
Reel 71176, frame 315
Pulse Secure, LLC; Ivanti, Inc.; Ivanti US LLC; Ivanti Security Holdings LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Newco Security Agreement
Nov 10, 2025
Reel 73818, frame 515
Pulse Secure, LLC; Ivanti, Inc.; Ivanti US LLC; Ivanti Security Holdings LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Property 14633493 Which Was Entered Incorrectly as 14633793 Previously Recorded on Reel 71176 Frame 315. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the First Lien Newco Security Agreement.

Sources

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