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US 8,745,444 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 29, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase N.A.).

Term ends Oct 8, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/833,434 · Granted Jun 3, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Oct 8, 2010
Term ends
Oct 8, 2030
Granted
Jun 3, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,402,309, to Oct 8, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 8, 2010, when application 12/901,233, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2013)Oct 8, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,402,309)resolves to Oct 8, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 8, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,402,309In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 8,745,444this patent
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
US 9,378,121In force
no later than Jan 2031
no later than Jan 2031
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 15, 2013
Reel 31019, frame 560
Timashev, Ratmir; Gostev, AntonVeeam Software AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 2020
Reel 52690, frame 914
Veeam Software AGVeeam Software Group GmbHChange of Name
May 29, 2020
Reel 52790, frame 483
Veeam Software Group GmbHJPMorgan Chase N.A.Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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