Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 27, 2024 (BMO Bank N.A.).
Term ends Apr 24, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 12, 2028
Held by Entrust Corporation
Filed Sep 12, 2008 as application 12/210,084 · Granted Nov 22, 2011
Base term plus 224 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2008
Sep 12, 2008
Term ends
Apr 24, 2029
Apr 24, 2029
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Nov 22, 2011
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
224
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
7
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 224 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Sep 12, 2008, when this application, 12/210,084, was filed | Sep 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +224 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 24, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 24, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,065,714 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,166,552 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2009/051590 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2009/051883 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,539,589 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application 14/975,589 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2008 Reel 21526, frame 228 | Budko, Renata; Chiu, Eric Ming; Belov, Boris; Strongin, Boris; Prafullchandra, Hemma | Hytrust, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2019 Reel 50474, frame 933 | Hytrust, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2021 Reel 54925, frame 59 | Silicon Valley Bank | Hytrust, Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2021 Reel 55190, frame 660 | Hytrust, Inc. | BMO Harris Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 18, 2024 Reel 66806, frame 262 | Hytrust, Inc. | Entrust Corporation | Merger |
| Mar 27, 2024 Reel 66917, frame 24 | Entrust Corporation | Bmo Bank N.a., As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 24, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 224 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
231
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.