Also listed on Watchguard, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends no later than Feb 12, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 12, 2025
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Watchguard Video, Inc.
Filed Jun 10, 2013 as application 13/913,927 · Granted Jan 31, 2017
Base term plus 488 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2005
Oct 12, 2005
Ends no later than
Feb 12, 2027
Feb 12, 2027
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Jan 31, 2017
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
488
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
8
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 488 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 12, 2005, when application 11/249,662, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 10, 2013) | Oct 12, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +488 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Feb 12, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,081,214 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 10,063,805 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 12/779,564 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,487,995 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,756,279 | In force no later than Feb 2028 | no later than Feb 2028 |
| US 9,560,309 | this patent no later than Feb 2027 | no later than Feb 2027 |
| US 9,871,993 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 10,075,669 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2013 Reel 30651, frame 165 | Vanman, Robert V.; Goble, Simon C. | Enforcement Video, LP, D/B/A/ Watchguard Video | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2013 Reel 30667, frame 753 | Enforcement Video, LP D/B/A Watchguard Video | Enforcement Video, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2017 Reel 41564, frame 706 | Enforcement Video, LLC (a Texas Limited Liability Company) | Texas Capital Bank (National Banking Association) | Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 7, 2017 Reel 44712, frame 932 | Enforcement Video, LLC | Watchguard, Inc. | Certificate of Conversion |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45819, frame 444 | Watchguard, Inc. | Texas Capital Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
| Jul 12, 2019 Reel 49735, frame 91 | Texas Capital Bank, National Association | Watchguard, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2019 Reel 51325, frame 261 | Watchguard, Inc.; Watchguard Video, Inc. | Motorola Solutions Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 25, 2020 Reel 52536, frame 535 | Watchguard, Inc.; Watchguard Video, Inc. | Watchguard Video, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
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.
What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends no later than Feb 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 488 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Feb 12, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.