Term ends Dec 15, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2035
Held by Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Filed Sep 16, 2015 as application 14/856,441 · Granted Jun 20, 2017
Base term plus 90 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2015
Sep 16, 2015
Term ends
Dec 15, 2035
Dec 15, 2035
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Jun 20, 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
90
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 90 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 Sep 16, 2015, when this application, 14/856,441, was filed | Sep 16, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +90 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 15, 2035 | 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 | Dec 15, 2035 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2015 Reel 36693, frame 938 | Ramachandran, Kumar; Anand, Venkataraman; Yadav, Navneet; Ramasamy, Arivu | Cloudgenix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46668, frame 798 | Cloudgenix, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| May 5, 2020 Reel 52573, frame 502 | Comerica Bank | Cloudgenix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2021 Reel 58449, frame 10 | Cloudgenix Inc. | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2035
Term ends Dec 15, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 90 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
190
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.