Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 12, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Aug 8, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2032
Held by Cloudon Ltd.
Filed Sep 10, 2012 as application 13/608,971 · Granted Mar 28, 2017
Base term plus 332 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2012
Sep 10, 2012
Term ends
Aug 8, 2033
Aug 8, 2033
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Mar 28, 2017
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
332
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.
3
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 332 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 Sep 10, 2012, when this application, 13/608,971, was filed | Sep 10, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +332 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 8, 2033 | 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 | Aug 8, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,606,629 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,965,151 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 9,886,189 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2013 Reel 29723, frame 17 | Binyamin, Shuki; Zaveri, Jay; Kamil, Assaf; Glik, Tzahi; Yaacoby, Doron; Morgenstern, Meir | Apptou Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2015 Reel 37277, frame 384 | Apptou Technologies Ltd. | Cloudon Ltd. | Change of Name |
| 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 2033
Term ends Aug 8, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 332 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
77
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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