Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2024 (Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC).
Term ends May 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 6, 2029
Held by Zerofox, Inc.
Filed Sep 28, 2015 as application 14/868,057 · Granted May 29, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009
Term ends
May 6, 2029
May 6, 2029
Granted
May 29, 2018
May 29, 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 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.
5
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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 6, 2009, when application 12/436,380, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2015) | May 6, 2029 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,148,445 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,123,027 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,769,184 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| Application 14/811,634 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,985,978 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
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 15, 2017 Reel 44408, frame 420 | Smith, Steve; Serban, Vlad; Walker, Andy; Ogorek, Greg | Lookingglass Cyber Solutions | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2020 Reel 54513, frame 854 | Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, Inc.; Cyveillance, Inc. | Zerofox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 54878, frame 117 | Zerofox, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 28, 2021 Reel 55066, frame 916 | Zerofox, Inc. | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 8, 2021 Reel 56471, frame 629 | Zerofox, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 58652, frame 754 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Zerofox, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor and Assignee's Information on the Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at Reel: 054878 Frame: 0117. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 60821, frame 137 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Vigilanteati, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 60821, frame 173 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67396, frame 304 | Zerofox, Inc.; Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, LLC; Identity Theft Guard Solutions, Inc. | Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2024 Reel 67429, frame 328 | Stifel Bank | Zerofox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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May 2029
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Citations
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