Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2024 (Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC).
Term ends Dec 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 6, 2029
Held by Zerofox, Inc.
Filed May 6, 2009 as application 12/436,380 · Granted Sep 29, 2015
Base term plus 946 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009
Term ends
Dec 8, 2031
Dec 8, 2031
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Sep 29, 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
946
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.
5
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 946 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 6, 2009, when this application, 12/436,380, was filed | May 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +946 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 8, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,148,445 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,123,027 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,769,184 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 14/811,634 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,985,978 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2009 Reel 22836, frame 590 | Smith, Steve; Serban, Vlad; Walker, Andy; Ogorek, Greg | Cyveillance Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2020 Reel 54513, frame 854 | Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, Inc.; Cyveillance, Inc. | Zerofox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 54878, frame 117 | Zerofox, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 28, 2021 Reel 55066, frame 916 | Zerofox, Inc. | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 8, 2021 Reel 56471, frame 629 | Zerofox, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 58652, frame 754 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Zerofox, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and Assignee's Information on the Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel: 054878 Frame: 0117. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 60821, frame 137 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Vigilanteati, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 60821, frame 173 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67396, frame 304 | Zerofox, Inc.; Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, LLC; Identity Theft Guard Solutions, Inc. | Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2024 Reel 67429, frame 328 | Stifel Bank | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 8, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 946 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
69
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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