Term ends Oct 18, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 3, 2030
Held by BeyondTrust Corporation
Filed May 3, 2010 as application 12/772,914 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term plus 168 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
May 3, 2010
May 3, 2010
Term ends
Oct 18, 2030
Oct 18, 2030
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014
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
168
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 168 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 May 3, 2010, when this application, 12/772,914, was filed | May 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +168 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 18, 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 18, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,850,549 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,558,343 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,594,898 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2010 Reel 25141, frame 701 | Beauregard, Peter David; Kolishchak, Andrey; Jennings, Shannon E.; Hogan, Robert F. | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2011 Reel 26167, frame 636 | BeyondTrust Software, Inc.; BeyondTrust Corporation | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | BeyondTrust Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | BeyondTrust, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2014 Reel 33825, frame 238 | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Fifth Street Management LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 25, 2014 Reel 33820, frame 518 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | BeyondTrust Software, Inc.; BeyondTrust Corporation; BeyondTrust, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2017 Reel 44242, frame 585 | Fifth Street Management LLC | Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 21, 2017 Reel 44495, frame 893 | Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC (as Successor to Fifth Street Management LLC) | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 033825/0238 |
| Nov 21, 2017 Reel 44496, frame 9 | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2018 Reel 47189, frame 516 | Ares Capital Corporation | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Under Reel/Frame No. 044496/0009 |
| Oct 3, 2018 Reel 47190, frame 238 | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47195, frame 252 | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65682, frame 447 | BeyondTrust Corporation | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65696, frame 798 | Jefferies Finance LLC | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2023 Reel 65697, frame 345 | Jefferies Finance LLC, | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2023 Reel 65764, frame 741 | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | BeyondTrust Corporation | Merger |
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 18, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 168 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
89
later US patents cite this one
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