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US 10,789,136 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 29, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 30, 2014 as application 14/320,422 · Granted Sep 29, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 29, 2024
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2014
No longer in force
Sep 29, 2024
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Term would have run to
Jun 30, 2034
base term after the term ends 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.
0 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.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jun 30, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 30, 2014, when this application, 14/320,422, was filedJun 30, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 29, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 29, 2024High confidence

This family

US 10,789,136this patent
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
Application 14/320,393Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,526,403In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 9,760,448In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 10,359,951In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 11,042,309In force
Jun 2034
Jun 2034
US 9,858,154In force
Jan 2035
Jan 2035
US 10,002,052In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
8 of 12 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
Feb 11, 2015
Reel 34939, frame 316
Acronis International GmbHObsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 26, 2017
Reel 43350, frame 186
Acronis International GmbH; Grouplogic, Inc.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 21, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Acronis International GmbHRelease of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Grouplogic, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2019
Reel 50783, frame 893
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Acronis International GmbH; Grouplogic, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 19, 2019
Reel 51418, frame 119
Acronis International GmbHMidcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53611, frame 96
Ruslyakov, Alexey A.; Lyadvinsky, Maxim V.; Manukyan, Emil; Beloussov, Serguei M.Acronis International GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2022
Reel 61330, frame 818
Acronis AG; Acronis International GmbH; Acronis SCS, Inc.; Acronis, Inc.; Grouplogic, Inc.; Nscaled Inc.; Acronis Management LLC; 5NINE Software, Inc.; Acronis Germany GmbH; Acronis Netherlands B.V.; Acronis Bulgaria Eood; Devicelock, Inc.; Devlockcorp Ltd.; Acronis Inc.Midcap Financial TrustReaffirmation Agreement

Sources

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