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Method and System for Evaluating Access Granted to Dynamically Provisioned Virtual Servers Across Endpoints in a Network

US 9,325,741 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 18, 2017 (Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc.).

Term ends Oct 27, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Feb 27, 2015 as application 14/634,411 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2014
Term ends
Oct 27, 2034
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 27, 2014, when application 14/524,887, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2015)Oct 27, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 27, 2034High confidence

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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
Mar 2, 2015
Reel 35065, frame 384
Lloyed, Michael A.Redseal Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 13, 2015
Reel 36100, frame 642
Redseal Networks, Inc.Redseal, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 22, 2017
Reel 42961, frame 821
Redseal Networks, Inc.Redseal, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Patent No. 8707444 Previously Recorded at Reel: 036100 Frame: 0642. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Dec 18, 2017
Reel 44425, frame 799
Redseal, Inc.Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc.Security Interest
May 4, 2018
Reel 45720, frame 306
Redseal, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Apr 17, 2019
Reel 48902, frame 969
Redseal, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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