Term ends Mar 15, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 18, 2026
Held by DRNC Holdings, Inc.
Filed Feb 5, 2013 as application 13/759,886 · Granted Nov 10, 2015
Base term plus 448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2006
Apr 18, 2006
Term ends
Mar 15, 2027
Mar 15, 2027
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 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
448
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,291,095.
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.
4
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 448 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 Apr 18, 2006, when application 11/406,675, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2013) | Apr 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +448 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,291,095) | capped to Mar 15, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,291,095 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,738,787 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,738,734 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,183,576 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
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 22, 2013 Reel 30468, frame 787 | Cobb, Jonathan W.; Bloom, Ryan B.; Rowley, David; Anderson, Scott; Mahyari, Abbas | Limelight Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65597, frame 212 | Edgio, Inc.; Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP [Lynrock Lake Partners LLC, Its General Partner] | Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65597, frame 406 | Edgio, Inc.; Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 23, 2024 Reel 68763, frame 276 | Edgio, Inc.; Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP [Lynrock Lake Partners LLC, Its General Partner] | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 9, 2024 Reel 68898, frame 281 | Limelight Networks, Inc. | Edgio, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70071, frame 327 | Edgio, Inc. | DRNC Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71817, frame 877 | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.); Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0212] |
| Jul 3, 2025 Reel 71818, frame 22 | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.); Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 068763/0276] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.) | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0212] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0212] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.) | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 068763/0276] |
| Jul 3, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Lynrock Lake Master Fund LP | Mojo Merger Sub, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 068763/0276] |
| Jul 9, 2025 Reel 71875, frame 105 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Uplynk, Inc. (F/K/A Edgio, Inc.) | Release of Patent Security Agreement [recorded at Reel/Frame 065597/0406] |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 15, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,291,095.
Citations
9
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.