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Data Protection Using Programmatically Generated Key Pairs from a Master Key and a Descriptor

US 9,106,412 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 24, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).

Term ends Jun 29, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Mar 8, 2013 as application 13/791,462 · Granted Aug 11, 2015
Base term plus 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 8, 2013
Term ends
Jun 29, 2033
Granted
Aug 11, 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
113
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.

This patent's term runs 113 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 8, 2013, when this application, 13/791,462, was filedMar 8, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+113 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 29, 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 1, 2013
Reel 30329, frame 276
Stecher, MartinMcAfee, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 24, 2017
Reel 43665, frame 918
McAfee, Inc.McAfee, LLCChange of Name and Entity Conversion
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45055, frame 786
McAfee, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45056, frame 676
McAfee, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 22, 2020
Reel 54206, frame 593
McAfee, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045056 Frame 0676. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Oct 22, 2020
Reel 55854, frame 47
McAfee, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045055 Frame 786. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54238, frame 1
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentMcAfee, LLCRelease of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045055/0786
Jul 26, 2021
Reel 57620, frame 102
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.McAfee, LLC; Skyhigh Networks, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.McAfee, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Skyhigh Networks, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 27, 2021
Reel 56990, frame 960
Musarubra US LLC; Skyhigh Networks, LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Jul 27, 2021
Reel 57453, frame 53
Musarubra US LLC; Skyhigh Networks, LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Jul 1, 2022
Reel 60561, frame 466
McAfee, LLCMusarubra US LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2022
Reel 60433, frame 826
Musarubra US LLCSkyhigh Security LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 29, 2022
Reel 61007, frame 124
McAfee, LLCMusarubra US LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 1, 2024
Reel 68324, frame 731
Musarubra US LLC; Skyhigh Security LLCSTG Partners, LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 15, 2024
Reel 68657, frame 666
Magenta Security Holdings LLC; Skyhigh Security LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 16, 2024
Reel 68671, frame 435
STG Partners, LLCMusarubra US LLC; Skyhigh Security LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 16, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
STG Partners, LLCMusarubra US LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 16, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
STG Partners, LLCSkyhigh Security LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 28, 2024
Reel 69272, frame 570
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentSkyhigh Security LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 24, 2025
Reel 70618, frame 1
Skyhigh Security LLCUBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentIntercompany First Lien Patent Security Agreement
Apr 14, 2025
Reel 70840, frame 598
UBS AG, Stamford BranchAcquiom Agency Services LLCAssignment of Intercompany First Lien Patent Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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