Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2024 (MGG Investment Group LP).
Term ends Dec 16, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2030
Held by Kldiscovery Ontrack, LLC
Filed Dec 16, 2010 as application 12/970,881 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2010
Dec 16, 2010
Term ends
Dec 16, 2030
Dec 16, 2030
Granted
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Dec 16, 2010, when this application, 12/970,881, was filed | Dec 16, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Dec 16, 2030 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2011 Reel 25875, frame 504 | Pendlebury, Kenneth C.; Pratt, Christopher K.; Jones, Terence C.; Omberg, Erik J.; Marsh, John A.; Reese, Christopher D. | Renew Data Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2011 Reel 26910, frame 447 | Renew Data Corp. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 13, 2014 Reel 34166, frame 958 | Renew Data Corp. | Abacus Finance Group, LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2014 Reel 34201, frame 350 | Comerica Bank | Renew Data Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2015 Reel 37359, frame 299 | Abacus Finance Group, LLC | Renew Data Corp. | Termination of Security Interest in Patents -Release of Reel 034166 Frame 0958 |
| Dec 22, 2015 Reel 37359, frame 710 | Renew Data Corp.; Ldiscovery, LLC; Ldisc Holdings, LLC | Antares Capital LP | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 5, 2016 Reel 39253, frame 982 | Renew Data Corp. | Ldiscovery TX, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 9, 2016 Reel 40870, frame 949 | Antares Capital LP | Ldiscovery TX, LLC (Formerly Renew Data Corp.); Ldiscovery, LLC; Ldisc Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Dec 9, 2016 Reel 40960, frame 728 | Ldiscovery, LLC; Ldiscovery TX, LLC; Kroll Ontrack, LLC | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Ldiscovery TX, LLC (Formerly Renew Data Corp.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Dec 9, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Ldiscovery, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Dec 9, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP | Ldisc Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51396, frame 423 | Royal Bank of Canada, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Ldiscovery, LLC; Ldiscovery TX, LLC; Kroll Ontrack, LLC | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Ldiscovery, LLC | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Ldiscovery TX, LLC | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Kroll Ontrack, LLC | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 8, 2021 Reel 55183, frame 853 | Ldiscovery, LLC; Ldiscovery TX, LLC; KL Discovery Ontrack, LLC (F/K/A Kroll Ontrack, LLC) | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2021 Reel 55184, frame 970 | Royal Bank of Canada | Ldiscovery, LLC; Ldiscovery TX, LLC; Kroll Ontrack, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Ldiscovery, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Ldiscovery TX, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Kroll Ontrack, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 29, 2021 Reel 57961, frame 615 | Ldiscovery TX, LLC; Ldiscovery, LLC | Ldiscovery, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Oct 29, 2021 Reel 57961, frame 981 | Ldiscovery, LLC | Ldisc Holdings, LLC | Merger |
| Oct 29, 2021 Reel 57962, frame 171 | Ldisc Holdings, LLC | Kldiscovery Ontrack, LLC | Merger |
| Aug 15, 2024 Reel 68294, frame 1 | Kldiscovery Ontrack, LLC | MGG Investment Group LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 16, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
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