Term ends Jul 2, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 2, 2029
Held by BeyondTrust Corporation
Filed Jul 9, 2014 as application 14/327,087 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jul 2, 2009
Jul 2, 2009
Term ends
Jul 2, 2029
Jul 2, 2029
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,160,545, to Jul 2, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 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. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 2, 2009, when application 12/497,429, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2014) | Jul 2, 2029 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,160,545) | resolves to Jul 2, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 2, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,160,545 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,863,253 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application 12/571,292 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,225,723 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,531,726 | In force no later than Jul 2029 | no later than Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2016/068622 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/390,596 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2016/068623 | PCT 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2014 Reel 33548, frame 760 | Iverson, Gyle; Nielsen, Jeffery; Lustig-rusch, Julie; Mitchell, James | Beyonttrust Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2014 Reel 33568, frame 580 | Iverson, Gyle; Nielsen, Jeffery; Lustig-rusch, Julie; Mitchell, James | BeyondTrust Software, Inc. | To Correct an Error in a Cover Sheet Previously Recorded at 033548/0760, Which Submitted an Assignment, the Assignee's Name Was Misspelled as "Beyonttrust" and Should Have Been "Beyondtrust", as Shown in Assignment Document. |
| Sep 25, 2014 Reel 33824, frame 803 | BeyondTrust, Inc. | Fifth Street Management LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 20, 2017 Reel 44242, frame 538 | Fifth Street Management LLC | Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 21, 2017 Reel 44495, frame 927 | Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC (as Successor to Fifth Street Management LLC) | BeyondTrust, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 033824/0803 |
| 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
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 2, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,160,545, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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