Also listed on Storcentric, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 8, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 9, 2026
Held by Storcentric Dip Lender, LLC
Filed Aug 9, 2006 as application 11/463,461 · Granted Sep 21, 2010
Base term plus 638 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2006
Aug 9, 2006
Term ends
May 8, 2028
May 8, 2028
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Sep 21, 2010
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
638
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.
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 runs 638 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 Aug 9, 2006, when this application, 11/463,461, was filed | Aug 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +638 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 8, 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 | May 8, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,801,871 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,086,578 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,843,461 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 15/370,875 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2007 Reel 18973, frame 585 | Gosnell, Thomas F., MR. | Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2016 Reel 40206, frame 982 | Imation Corp. | Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2018 Reel 46845, frame 495 | Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Connected Data, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Limited; Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc.; Drobo Limited | Gordon Brothers Finance Company, as Agent | Short Form Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Storcentric, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Drobo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Nexsan Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Nexsan Technologies Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Connected Data, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Nexsan Technologies Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51860, frame 839 | Storcentric, Inc.; Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Nexsan Corporation; Retrospect, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51864, frame 774 | Gordon Brothers Finance Co. | Storcentric, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Connected Data, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Limited; Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number: 13532559 Previously Recorded at Reel: 051860 Frame: 0839. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number: 13532559 Previously Recorded at Reel: 051860 Frame: 0839. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 10, 2021 Reel 57156, frame 743 | Storcentric, Inc.; Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Nexsan Corporation; Retrospect, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number: 13532559 Previously Recorded at Reel: 051860 Frame: 0839. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Storcentric, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Connected Data, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Drobo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Nexsan Technologies Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Nexsan Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Retrospect, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 Reel 63416, frame 914 | Storcentric, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; VS Acquisition Company, LLC; Connected Data, Inc.; Retrospect, Inc. | Storcentric Dip Lender, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 Reel 63414, frame 816 | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Storcentric, Inc.; Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Nexsan Corporation; Retrospect, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 8, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 638 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
313
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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