Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2019 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Aug 13, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 1, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Acronis International GmbH
Filed Nov 2, 2008 as application 12/263,474 · Granted Oct 23, 2012
Base term plus 499 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2008
Apr 1, 2008
Term ends
Aug 13, 2029
Aug 13, 2029
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Oct 23, 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
499
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 499 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 1, 2008, when application 12/060,452, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 1, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +499 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 13, 2029 | 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 | Aug 13, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,051,044 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,296,264 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,005,797 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2008 Reel 21772, frame 337 | Dyatlov, Dennis S.; Goldobin, Maxim V.; Beloussov, Serguei M.; Lyadvinsky, Maxim V. | Acronis Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 24, 2009 Reel 22300, frame 29 | Acronis, Inc.; Acronis Inc.; Acronis International GmbH | Capitalsource Finance LLC | Amended and Restated Acknowledgement 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 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
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 13, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 499 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
36
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.
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