Term ends Jul 20, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 3, 2031
Filed Feb 7, 2012 as application 13/367,448 · Granted Sep 13, 2016
Base term plus 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 3, 2011
Mar 3, 2011
Term ends
Jul 20, 2031
Jul 20, 2031
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 2016
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
139
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
16
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 139 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 3, 2011, when application 13/039,446, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 7, 2012) | Mar 3, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +139 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 20, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 20, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,649,799 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,710,294 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 11,256,529 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,389,892 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 9,442,748 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application 13/404,129 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/685,449 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 9,489,272 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2012 Reel 27668, frame 263 | Burshan, Chen; Shefi, Omri; Kuszpet, Yair | Zerto Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2019 Reel 50998, frame 757 | Zerto Ltd. | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 19, 2019 Reel 51044, frame 213 | Zerto Ltd. | Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund) L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 Reel 66269, frame 960 | Zerto Ltd. | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 20, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
36
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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