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US 10,397,233 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 28, 2023 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ends Nov 27, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Apr 20, 2016 as application 15/133,641 · Granted Aug 27, 2019
Base term plus 221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 20, 2016
Term ends
Nov 27, 2036
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
221
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
6
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This patent's term runs 221 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Apr 20, 2016, when this application, 15/133,641, was filedApr 20, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+221 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 27, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 27, 2036High confidence

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US 10,397,233this patent
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US 11,863,558In force
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US 12,500,894In force
Apr 2036
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Application 19/393,161Pending
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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
Jun 6, 2016
Reel 38820, frame 66
Smith, John Burns, III; Twerdochlib, Nicholas ShawnBomgar CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 19, 2018
Reel 45985, frame 413
Bomgar CorporationJefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Apr 20, 2018
Reel 45786, frame 68
Bomgar CorporationJefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
May 26, 2020
Reel 52748, frame 50
Bomgar CorporationBeyondTrust CorporationChange of Name
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65682, frame 447
BeyondTrust CorporationAlter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65696, frame 991
Jefferies Finance LLCBeyondTrust Corporation (Formerly Known as Bomgar Corporation)Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65697, frame 361
Jefferies Finance LLCBeyondTrust Corporation (Formerly Known as Bomgar Corporation)Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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