Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).
Term ended Jun 16, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 16, 2025
Held by Quest Software Inc.
Filed Dec 19, 2014 as application 14/578,065 · Granted Jan 12, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 16, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2005
Jun 16, 2005
Term ended
Jun 16, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Jan 12, 2016
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
6
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. 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 Jun 16, 2005, when application 11/156,373, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2014) | Jun 16, 2025 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High 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 | Jun 16, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,343,624 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,955,106 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,122,508 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,955,136 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,237,163 | this patent Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 10,069,851 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37014, frame 98 | Rihn, Jennifer; Oliver, Jonathan J. | Mailfrontier, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37014, frame 104 | Mailfrontier, Inc. | Sonicwall, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37014, frame 110 | Sonicwall, Inc. | PSM Merger Sub (Delaware), Inc. C/O Thoma Bravo, LLC | Merger |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37014, frame 120 | PSM Merger Sub (Delaware), Inc. | Sonicwall, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37014, frame 155 | Sonicwall L.L.C. | Dell Software Inc. | Merger |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37091, frame 143 | Sonicwall, Inc. | Sonicwall L.L.C. | Conversion and Name Change |
| Sep 14, 2016 Reel 40030, frame 187 | Aventail LLC; Dell Products, L.p.; Dell Software Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 14, 2016 Reel 40039, frame 642 | Aventail LLC; Dell Products L.P.; Dell Software Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 31, 2016 Reel 40521, frame 16 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Aventail LLC; Dell Products L.P.; Dell Software Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040039/0642) |
| Oct 31, 2016 Reel 40521, frame 467 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Aventail LLC; Dell Products, L.p.; Dell Software Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Aventail LLC | Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040039/0642) |
| Oct 31, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Dell Products L.P. | Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040039/0642) |
| Oct 31, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Dell Software Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040039/0642) |
| Oct 31, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Aventail LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Dell Products, L.p. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Dell Software Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2016 Reel 40581, frame 850 | Dell Software Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 10, 2016 Reel 40587, frame 624 | Dell Software Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41073, frame 1 | Quest Software Inc. | Sonicwall US Holdings, Inc. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 42168, frame 114 | Quest Software Inc. | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded at Reel: 041073 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Intellectual Property Assignment.. |
| Nov 15, 2017 Reel 44771, frame 107 | Dell Software Inc. | Quest Software Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 28, 2017 Reel 44811, frame 598 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Quest Software Inc. (F/K/A Dell Software Inc.); Aventail LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 040587 Frame: 0624. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 28, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Quest Software Inc. (F/K/A Dell Software Inc.) | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 040587 Frame: 0624. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 28, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Aventail LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 040587 Frame: 0624. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 22, 2018 Reel 46211, frame 735 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Quest Software Inc. (F/K/A Dell Software Inc.); Aventail LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 040581/0850 |
| May 22, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Quest Software Inc. (F/K/A Dell Software Inc.) | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 040581/0850 |
| May 22, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Aventail LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 040581/0850 |
| Jun 7, 2018 Reel 46321, frame 393 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 7, 2018 Reel 46321, frame 414 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 7, 2021 Reel 56785, frame 744 | Sonicwall, Inc. | PSM Merger Sub (Delaware), Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 037014 Frame: 0110. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71625, frame 887 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents Recorded at RF 046321/0393 |
| Jun 30, 2025 Reel 71777, frame 641 | Sonicwall US Holdings Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | First Lien IP Supplement |
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