Also listed on Altiris, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 26, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 18, 2031
Filed Feb 18, 2011 as application 13/031,173 · Granted Jul 12, 2016
Base term plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 18, 2011
Feb 18, 2011
Term ends
Mar 26, 2031
Mar 26, 2031
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016
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
36
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
This patent's term runs 36 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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 Feb 18, 2011, when this application, 13/031,173, was filed | Feb 18, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 2031 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 26, 2031 | High confidence |
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 4, 2012 Reel 28161, frame 396 | Bling Nation, Ltd. | Lemon, Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30744, frame 695 | Lemon, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Lemon, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Lemon, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 2, 2013 Reel 31696, frame 269 | Casares, Wenceslao; Murrone, Federico H.; Malka, Meyer | Bling Nation, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2013 Reel 31866, frame 631 | Lemon, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 5, 2014 Reel 32386, frame 477 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Lemon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 9, 2017 Reel 41670, frame 926 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Lemon, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Previously Recorded December 20, 2013, Reel/Frame 031866/0631) |
| May 21, 2018 Reel 45865, frame 468 | Lemon, LLC | Symantec Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2018 Reel 46200, frame 32 | Lemon, Inc. | Lemon, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 4, 2019 Reel 50926, frame 560 | Symantec Corporation; Blue Coat LLC; Lifelock, Inc.,; Symantec Operating Corporation | Jpmorgan, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2020 Reel 51471, frame 877 | Nortonlifelock Inc. | Altiris, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2020 Reel 51554, frame 598 | Symantec Corporation | Nortonlifelock Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 25, 2020 Reel 52006, frame 115 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Nortonlifelock, Inc. (F/K/A Symantec Corporation) | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2022 Reel 59193, frame 413 | Altiris, Inc. | Lexisnexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 26, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
73
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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.