Also listed on Storcentric, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 20, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2038
Held by Storcentric Dip Lender, LLC
Filed Nov 21, 2018 as application 16/198,090 · Granted Jun 15, 2021
Base term plus 272 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2018
Nov 21, 2018
Term ends
Aug 20, 2039
Aug 20, 2039
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
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
272
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 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.
2
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 272 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 21, 2018, when this application, 16/198,090, was filed | Nov 21, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +272 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 20, 2039 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 20, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,037,227 | this patent Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application 17/317,144 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2019 Reel 49793, frame 800 | Padilha, Ricardo; Harrison, Rodney George; Rokop, Terence; Edwards, Michael J. | Storcentric, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51860, frame 839 | Storcentric, Inc.; Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Nexsan Corporation; Retrospect, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Security Interest |
| Aug 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number: 13532559 Previously Recorded at Reel: 051860 Frame: 0839. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Retrospect, Inc.; Storcentric, Inc. | Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number: 13532559 Previously Recorded at Reel: 051860 Frame: 0839. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 10, 2021 Reel 57156, frame 743 | Storcentric, Inc.; Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Nexsan Corporation; Retrospect, Inc. | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association, as Trustee | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number: 13532559 Previously Recorded at Reel: 051860 Frame: 0839. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Storcentric, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Connected Data, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Drobo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Nexsan Technologies Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Nexsan Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Retrospect, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 Reel 63416, frame 914 | Storcentric, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Corporation; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; VS Acquisition Company, LLC; Connected Data, Inc.; Retrospect, Inc. | Storcentric Dip Lender, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2023 Reel 63414, frame 816 | Newlight Capital, LLC; Umb Bank, National Association | Storcentric, Inc.; Connected Data, Inc.; Drobo, Inc.; Nexsan Technologies Incorporated; Nexsan Corporation; Retrospect, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2039
Term ends Aug 20, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 272 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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