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System for Network Flow Visualization through Network Devices within Network Topology

US 9,240,930 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 26, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ended Aug 17, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Feb 22, 2013 as application 13/774,879 · Granted Jan 19, 2016
Base term plus 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 17, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2006
Term ended
Aug 17, 2026
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
base term patent term adjustment 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
42
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,003,292, to Aug 17, 2026. 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.
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 runs 42 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 6, 2006, when application 11/483,054, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 22, 2013)Jul 6, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+42 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 17, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,003,292)resolves to Aug 17, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 17, 2026High confidence

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US 7,500,158In force
Apr 2027
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US 7,975,190Term ended
Nov 2026
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US 9,003,292In force
Mar 2029
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US 9,350,622Term ended
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 9,246,772Term ended
Jul 2026
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US 9,240,930this patent
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 19, 2015
Reel 36362, frame 838
Smith, John Kei; Pierce, RobertReferentia Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 19, 2015
Reel 36363, frame 52
Referentia Systems, Inc.Liveaction, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2021
Reel 57299, frame 113
Liveaction, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Oct 28, 2024
Reel 69036, frame 868
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as Successor to Silicon Valley Bank)Liveaction, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2024
Reel 69655, frame 362
Liveaction, Inc.PNC Bank Canada BranchSecurity Interest

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.

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