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Systems and Methods for A2A and A2DB Security Using Program Authentication Factors

US 9,160,545 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends May 9, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jul 2, 2009 as application 12/497,429 · Granted Oct 13, 2015
Base term plus 676 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2031
Clock starts
Jul 2, 2009
Term ends
May 9, 2031
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
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
676
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
9
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 676 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jul 2, 2009, when this application, 12/497,429, was filedJul 2, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+676 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 9, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 9, 2031High confidence

This family

US 9,160,545this patent
May 2031
May 2031
US 8,863,253In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
Application 12/571,292Abandoned
not computed
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US 9,225,723In force
Jul 2029
Jul 2029
US 9,531,726In force
no later than Jul 2029
no later than Jul 2029
Application PCT/US2016/068622PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 15/390,596Abandoned
not computed
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Application PCT/US2016/068623PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Sep 24, 2009
Reel 23279, frame 354
Iverson, Gyle; Nielson, Jeffery; Lustig-rusch, Julie; Mitchell, JamesSymark International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 21, 2011
Reel 26167, frame 636
BeyondTrust Software, Inc.; BeyondTrust CorporationWells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
May 4, 2011
Reel 26223, frame 55
Symark International, Inc.BeyondTrust Software International, Inc.Change of Name
May 4, 2011
Reel 26224, frame 126
BeyondTrust Software International, Inc.BeyondTrust Software, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 25, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCBeyondTrust Software, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 25, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCBeyondTrust CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Sep 25, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCBeyondTrust, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 25, 2014
Reel 33825, frame 238
BeyondTrust Software, Inc.Fifth Street Management LLCPatent Security Agreement
Sep 25, 2014
Reel 33820, frame 518
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCBeyondTrust Software, Inc.; BeyondTrust Corporation; BeyondTrust, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 20, 2017
Reel 44242, frame 585
Fifth Street Management LLCOaktree Fund Administration, LLCAssignment 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 CorporationPatent Security Agreement
Oct 3, 2018
Reel 47189, frame 516
Ares Capital CorporationBeyondTrust 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 AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Oct 4, 2018
Reel 47195, frame 252
BeyondTrust Software, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65682, frame 447
BeyondTrust CorporationAlter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65696, frame 798
Jefferies Finance LLCBeyondTrust 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 CorporationMerger

Sources

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