Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 29, 2026 (Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC).
Term ends Oct 15, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 19, 2029
Held by Scale Computing, Inc.
Filed Aug 19, 2009 as application 12/543,860 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term plus 422 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Aug 19, 2009
Aug 19, 2009
Term ends
Oct 15, 2030
Oct 15, 2030
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012
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
422
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.
3
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 422 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 19, 2009, when this application, 12/543,860, was filed | Aug 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +422 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 15, 2030 | 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 | Oct 15, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,261,342 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,043,897 | In force (reinstated) Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,949,969 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2009 Reel 23118, frame 194 | Newman, Rirchard | Reliant Security | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2009 Reel 23182, frame 872 | Newman, Richard | Reliant Security | Corrective Assignment to Correct the First Assignor's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 023118 Frame 0194. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 21, 2022 Reel 59325, frame 73 | Reliant Info Security, Inc. | Acumera Reliant, Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 21, 2022 Reel 59452, frame 837 | Newman, Richard | Reliant Info Security, Inc., D/B/A Reliant Security | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 023182 Frame: 0872. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 8, 2022 Reel 60136, frame 799 | Acumera Reliant, Inc. | Acumera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 Reel 60716, frame 759 | Acumera, Inc.; Netsurion Wan US LLC | Capital Finance Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 9, 2023 Reel 63909, frame 794 | Capital Finance Administration, LLC | Acumera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 9, 2023 Reel 63912, frame 619 | Acumera, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2024 Reel 67896, frame 535 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Acumera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 9, 2025 Reel 73133, frame 138 | Acumera, Inc. | Scale Computing, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2026 Reel 73633, frame 710 | Scale Computing, LLC | Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 15, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 422 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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