Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 1, 2025 (Société Générale).
Term ends Sep 29, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2037
Held by Forcepoint LLC
Filed Sep 29, 2017 as application 15/720,788 · Granted Jan 30, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2017
Sep 29, 2017
Term ends
Sep 29, 2037
Sep 29, 2037
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
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.
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.
67
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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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 29, 2017, when this application, 15/720,788, was filed | Sep 29, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Sep 29, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,882,918 | this patent Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,063,568 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,129,269 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,542,013 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,530,786 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| Application 62/839,060 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,798,109 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,834,097 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
8 of 67 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2017 Reel 44332, frame 70 | Ford, Richard Anthony; Swafford, Brandon L.; Shirey, Christopher Brian; Moynahan, Matthew P.; Thompson, Richard Heath | Forcepoint, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2018 Reel 46495, frame 561 | Forcepoint LLC | Raytheon Company | Patent Security Agreement Supplement |
| Feb 27, 2020 Reel 52045, frame 482 | Forcepoint LLC | Raytheon Company | Patent Security Agreement Supplement |
| Jan 8, 2021 Reel 55492, frame 266 | Raytheon Company | Forcepoint LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 20, 2021 Reel 55052, frame 302 | Redowl Analytics, Inc.; Forcepoint LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56214, frame 798 | Forcepoint LLC | Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC | Change of Name |
| May 19, 2021 Reel 57001, frame 57 | Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC | Forcepoint LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70703, frame 887 | Forcepoint LLC; Bitglass, LLC | Société Générale | Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2025 Reel 70706, frame 263 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Forcepoint, LLC; Bitglass, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Forcepoint, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Bitglass, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2037
Term ends Sep 29, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
113
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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