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Method and apparatus for accessing secured electronic data off-line

US 10,360,545 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on PSS Systems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 25, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Feb 12, 2002 as application 10/074,825 · Granted Jul 23, 2019
Base term plus 2020 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2002 2027
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2002
Term ends
Aug 25, 2027
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
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
2,020
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.

This patent's term runs 2020 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Feb 12, 2002, when this application, 10/074,825, was filedFeb 12, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+2020 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 25, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 25, 2027High confidence

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
Feb 12, 2002
Reel 12617, frame 190
Lee, Chang-ping; Garcla, Denis Jacques Paul; Hildebrand, Hal; Vainstein, KlimentySecretseal IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2005
Reel 15530, frame 673
Pervasive Security Systems, Inc.PSS Systems, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 6, 2005
Reel 15539, frame 22
Secretseal Inc.Pervasive Security Systems, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 12, 2007
Reel 18875, frame 608
Pervasive Security Systems, Inc.PSS Systems, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 12, 2007
Reel 18875, frame 612
PSS Systems, Inc.Guardian Data Storage, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 5, 2007
Reel 18958, frame 311
Secretseal Inc.Pervasive Security Systems, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 5, 2013
Reel 29929, frame 742
Guardian Data Storage, LLCIntellectual Ventures I LLCMerger

Sources

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

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