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System and Method for Providing Network and Computer Firewall Protection with Dynamic Address Isolation to a Device

US 9,756,079 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends May 30, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jul 1, 2016 as application 15/201,309 · Granted Sep 5, 2017
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,712,564 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
May 30, 2008
Term ends
May 30, 2028
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,365,272, US 9,391,956, to May 30, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 30, 2008, when application 12/130,914, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 1, 2016)May 30, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,365,272, US 9,391,956)resolves to May 30, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 30, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,365,272In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 9,391,956In force
May 2028
May 2028
US 9,756,079this patent
May 2028
May 2028
US 10,057,295Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
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US 10,284,603In force
May 2028
May 2028
US 10,904,293In force
May 2028
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US 10,951,659In force
May 2028
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US 11,757,941In force
Feb 2028
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8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jul 12, 2016
Reel 39137, frame 534
Touboul, ShlomoYoggie Security Systems Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2016
Reel 39137, frame 567
Yoggie Security Systems Ltd.Cupp Computing AsNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

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

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