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Proxy Device for Enhanced Privacy in an Rfid System

US 7,920,050 in-force Emc IP Holding Company LLC · Filed Jul 29, 2005 · Granted Apr 5, 2011

Also listed on Rsa Security LLC, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 6, 2027

Base term plus 677 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 9 months
2005 2027
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2005
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Term ends
Jun 6, 2027
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
677
Days of PTA
2
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 677 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

How this date was computed

Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Jul 29, 2005Jul 29, 2025High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+677 days, USPTO PTA recordJun 6, 2027High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 6, 2027High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2005-07-29+20y | =2025-07-29 | PTA+677d=2027-06-06 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2014-10-06,8yr@2018-09-21,12yr@2022-09-20 | status=in-force@2027-06-06

This family

Application 60/591,981pendingnot computed
US 7,920,050this patentJun 2027

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
Nov 3, 2005
reel/frame not recorded
Juels, Ari; Bailey, Daniel VernonRsa Security Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Rsa Security LLCRsa Security Holding, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Rsa Security Holding, Inc.Emc CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 27, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Rsa Security IncRsa Security LLCMerger
Feb 23, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Rsa Security LLCRsa Security Holding, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 23, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
Rsa Security Holding, Inc.Emc CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 14, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Syverson, Paul FThe Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2016
Reel 40134, frame 1
Asap Software Express, Inc.; Aventail LLC; Credant Technologies, Inc.; Dell USA L.P.; Dell International L.L.C.; Dell Marketing L.P.; Dell Products L.P.; Dell Software Inc.; Dell Systems Corporation; Emc Corporation; Emc IP Holding Company LLC; FORCE10 Networks, Inc.; Maginatics LLC; Mozy, Inc.; Scaleio LLC; Spanning Cloud Apps LLC; Wyse Technology L.L.C.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 21, 2016
Reel 40136, frame 1
Asap Software Express, Inc.; Aventail LLC; Credant Technologies, Inc.; Dell USA L.P.; Dell International L.L.C.; Dell Marketing L.P.; Dell Products L.P.; Dell Software Inc.; Dell Systems Corporation; Emc Corporation; Emc IP Holding Company LLC; FORCE10 Networks, Inc.; Maginatics LLC; Mozy, Inc.; Scaleio LLC; Spanning Cloud Apps LLC; Wyse Technology L.L.C.The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Asap Software Express, Inc.; Aventail LLC; Credant Technologies, Inc.; Dell International L.L.C.; Dell Marketing L.P.; Dell Products L.P.; Dell Software Inc.; Dell Systems Corporation; Dell USA L.P.; Emc Corporation; Emc IP Holding Company LLC; FORCE10 Networks, Inc.; Maginatics LLC; Mozy, Inc.; Scaleio LLC; Spanning Cloud Apps LLC; Wyse Technology L.L.C.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Asap Software Express, Inc.; Aventail LLC; Credant Technologies, Inc.; Dell International L.L.C.; Dell Marketing L.P.; Dell Products L.P.; Dell Software Inc.; Dell Systems Corporation; Dell USA L.P.; Emc Corporation; Emc IP Holding Company LLC; FORCE10 Networks, Inc.; Maginatics LLC; Mozy, Inc.; Scaleio LLC; Spanning Cloud Apps LLC; Wyse Technology L.L.C.The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 29, 2016
Reel 40203, frame 1
Emc CorporationEmc IP Holding Company LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
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