Term ends Nov 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 26, 2026
Held by Riverbed Technology LLC
Filed Feb 27, 2013 as application 13/778,628 · Granted Apr 14, 2015
Base term plus 124 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2006
Jul 26, 2006
Term ends
Nov 27, 2026
Nov 27, 2026
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Apr 14, 2015
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
124
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,411,570, to Nov 27, 2026. 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.
2
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 124 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jul 26, 2006, when application 11/494,352, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2013) | Jul 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +124 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,411,570) | resolves to Nov 27, 2026, 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 | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,411,570 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 9,007,912 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 25, 2013 Reel 30289, frame 948 | Wu, David Tze-si; Gupta, Nitin; Ly, Kand | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2013 Reel 32421, frame 162 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 28, 2015 Reel 35521, frame 69 | Barclays Bank PLC | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 1, 2015 Reel 35561, frame 363 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2015 Reel 35807, frame 680 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 035521 Frame 0069. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55514, frame 249 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 26, 2021 Reel 56397, frame 750 | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57983, frame 356 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Riverbed Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Aternity LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recored at Reel 056397, Frame 0750 |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57810, frame 502 | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement Supplement - First Lien |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57810, frame 559 | Riverbed Holdings, Inc.; Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement Supplement - Second Lien |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 57943, frame 386 | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 10, 2021 Reel 58486, frame 216 | Riverbed Technology LLC (Formerly Riverbed Technology, Inc.); Aternity LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 46 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 108 | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 169 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 27, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as U.S. Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 18, 2022 Reel 59232, frame 551 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Riverbed Technology LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64673, frame 739 | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc.; Aternity LLC; Riverbed Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Aternity LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Riverbed Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 27, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 124 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,411,570, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.