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US 9,553,860 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 16, 2018 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).

Term ends Apr 26, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Mar 13, 2014 as application 14/207,988 · Granted Jan 24, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2013
Term ends
Apr 26, 2033
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
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 9,148,417, US 9,251,360, US 9,253,176, to Apr 26, 2033. 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.
17
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 26, 2013, when application 13/871,593, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 13, 2014)Apr 26, 2033High 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 9,148,417, US 9,251,360, US 9,253,176)resolves to Apr 26, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 26, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,148,417In force
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
US 9,253,176In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 9,251,360In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 9,553,860this patent
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
Application 14/207,917Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 14/207,942Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 14/207,883Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,397,998In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
8 of 17 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
Apr 7, 2015
Reel 35345, frame 953
Meyer, Jerry LeeIntralinks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41046, frame 919
Intralinks, Inc., as GrantorGoldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 7, 2017
Reel 42195, frame 733
Intralinks, Inc.Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.Merger
Nov 14, 2017
Reel 44123, frame 110
Goidman Sachs Bank USAIntralinks, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 30, 2017
Reel 44566, frame 919
Goldman Sachs Bank USAIntralinks, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 044123 Frame 0110. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest.
Dec 1, 2017
Reel 44277, frame 842
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.Intralinks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 3, 2018
Reel 46060, frame 738
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.Intralinks, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 9396455 Previously Recorded on Reel 044277 Frame 842. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Nov 16, 2018
Reel 47526, frame 542
Intralinks, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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