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US 9,386,037 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Riskiq, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 11, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Nov 11, 2015 as application 14/938,814 · Granted Jul 5, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 11, 2015
Term ends
Nov 11, 2035
Granted
Jul 5, 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.
5
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 11, 2015, when this application, 14/938,814, was filedNov 11, 2035High 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 orderNov 11, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,386,037this patent
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 9,686,283In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
Application PCT/US2016/052072PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,084,779Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 10,757,101In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
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
Nov 12, 2015
Reel 37024, frame 328
Hunt, Adam; Pon, David; Kiernan, Chris; Adams, Ben; Edgeworth, Jonas; Manousos, Elias; Linn, JosephRiskiq, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 23, 2021
Reel 57581, frame 13
Riskiq, Inc.Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 28, 2021
Reel 57619, frame 932
Riskiq, Inc.Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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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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