Term ended Aug 12, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 12, 2023
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,316,118), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Riverbed Technology LLC
Filed Feb 4, 2014 as application 14/172,459 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Aug 12, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2003
Aug 12, 2003
Term ended
Aug 12, 2023
Aug 12, 2023
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015
base term
after the term ends
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 7,318,100, US 7,953,869, US 8,316,118, US 8,671,205, to Aug 12, 2023. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 12, 2003, when application 10/640,459, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 4, 2014) | Aug 12, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,318,100, US 7,953,869, US 8,316,118, US 8,671,205) | resolves to Aug 12, 2023, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 12, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,650,416 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 12/135,114 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,953,869 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 8,635,346 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,316,118 | Term ended no later than Aug 2023 | no later than Aug 2023 |
| US 8,938,553 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,671,205 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 9,172,620 | this patent Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2015 Reel 35561, frame 363 | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2019 Reel 48495, frame 143 | Demmer, Michael J.; McCanne, Steven; Landrum, Alfred | Riverbed Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,318,100, US 7,953,869, US 8,316,118, US 8,671,205, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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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