Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Aug 16, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2040
Held by Dropbox, Inc.
Filed Dec 21, 2020 as application 17/129,386 · Granted Oct 31, 2023
Base term plus 238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2041
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
Term ends
Aug 16, 2041
Aug 16, 2041
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
238
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 runs 238 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 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 Dec 21, 2020, when this application, 17/129,386, was filed | Dec 21, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +238 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 16, 2041 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 16, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,366,793 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 11,789,976 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 12,174,814 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
| US 12,001,574 | In force Feb 2042 | Feb 2042 |
| US 11,803,652 | this patent Aug 2041 | Aug 2041 |
| US 11,799,958 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2021/040914 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,019,599 | In force Dec 2040 | Dec 2040 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2020 Reel 54714, frame 182 | Passey, Aaron; Walker, Braden; Albert, Akos | Dropbox, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55670, frame 219 | Dropbox, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69604, frame 611 | Dropbox, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2024 Reel 69635, frame 332 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Dropbox, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 5, 2026 Reel 76607, frame 1 | Dropbox, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2041
Term ends Aug 16, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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