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Method and System for Providing Secure Remote Access and Control

US 9,246,979 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 28, 2023 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ends Aug 14, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Oct 4, 2013 as application 14/046,666 · Granted Jan 26, 2016
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2007
Term ends
Aug 14, 2027
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
base term patent term adjustment 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
57
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,589,489, US 9,225,767, to Aug 14, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 57 days past its 20-year base term on 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 2 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 Jun 18, 2007, when application 11/764,691, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2013)Jun 18, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 14, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,589,489, US 9,225,767)resolves to Aug 14, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 14, 2027High confidence

This family

US 8,589,489In force
Jun 2030
Jun 2030
US 9,225,767In force
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
US 9,246,979this patent
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
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
Jun 3, 2014
Reel 33081, frame 29
Bomgar CorporationBomgar CorporationCertificate of Conversion of a Mississippi Corporation to a Delaware Corporation
Jun 3, 2014
Reel 33082, frame 818
Bomgaars, Joel; McNeill, Nathan J.; Durham, David W.; Cross, Jeremy R.; Sleevi, Ryan D.; Ngo, Huey J.Bomgar CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2015
Reel 36609, frame 600
Bomgar CorporationGolub Capital LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2016
Reel 38995, frame 618
Bomgar CorporationGolub Capital LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2016
Reel 38999, frame 575
Golub Capital LLCBomgar CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Apr 19, 2018
Reel 45591, frame 485
Golub Capital LLC, as Collateral AgentBomgar CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Apr 19, 2018
Reel 45985, frame 413
Bomgar CorporationJefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Apr 20, 2018
Reel 45786, frame 68
Bomgar CorporationJefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
May 26, 2020
Reel 52748, frame 50
Bomgar CorporationBeyondTrust CorporationChange of Name
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65682, frame 447
BeyondTrust CorporationAlter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65696, frame 991
Jefferies Finance LLCBeyondTrust Corporation (Formerly Known as Bomgar Corporation)Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65697, frame 361
Jefferies Finance LLCBeyondTrust Corporation (Formerly Known as Bomgar Corporation)Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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