Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2019 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Mar 5, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 4, 2027
Held by Acronis International GmbH
Filed Jun 4, 2007 as application 11/757,442 · Granted Dec 22, 2009
Base term plus 275 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2007
Jun 4, 2007
Term ends
Mar 5, 2028
Mar 5, 2028
Granted
Dec 22, 2009
Dec 22, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
275
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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 runs 275 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 4, 2007, when this application, 11/757,442, was filed | Jun 4, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +275 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 5, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,636,824 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,886,120 | In force no later than Jun 2027 | no later than Jun 2027 |
| US 8,484,427 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,996,830 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2007 Reel 19373, frame 396 | Tormasov, Alexander G. | Acronis Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2007 Reel 20105, frame 143 | Acronis, Inc.; Acronis International GmbH; Acronis Inc. | Capitalsource Finance LLC | Security Agreement |
| Mar 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Capitalsource Finance LLC | Acronis, Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral Lien |
| Mar 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Capitalsource Finance LLC | Acronis Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral Lien |
| Mar 15, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Capitalsource Finance LLC | Acronis International GmbH | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral Lien |
| Mar 15, 2011 Reel 25956, frame 576 | Capitalsource Finance LLC | Acronis, Inc.; Acronis Inc.; Acronis International GmbH | Release of Intellectual Property Collateral Lien |
| Jun 20, 2011 Reel 26465, frame 559 | Acronis Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2012 Reel 27898, frame 764 | Acronis Inc. | Acronis Inc. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2012 Reel 27898, frame 795 | Acronis Inc. Ltd. | Acronis International GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2012 Reel 28081, frame 61 | Acronis International GmbH | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 25, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Acronis Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Acronis, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Acronis International GmbH | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2014 Reel 32296, frame 397 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Acronis Inc.; Acronis, Inc.; Acronis International GmbH | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32366, frame 328 | Acronis International GmbH | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Acronis International GmbH | Release 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 GmbH | Midcap Financial Trust | Security 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 Trust | Reaffirmation Agreement |
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 5, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 275 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
90
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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