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System and Method for Cloud-Based Read-Only Folder Synchronization

US 9,934,241 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Hightail, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 8, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 5, 2013 as application 13/785,470 · Granted Apr 3, 2018
Base term plus 340 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2013
Term ends
Feb 8, 2034
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
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
340
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.
6
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 340 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 5, 2013, when this application, 13/785,470, was filedMar 5, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+340 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 8, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 8, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,934,241this patent
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
US 10,691,645In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,500,820In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,822,517In force
no later than Mar 2033
no later than Mar 2033
US 12,093,223In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 12,613,837In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 6, 2013
Reel 29936, frame 397
Duval, Craig; Leiter, Tim AYousendit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 20, 2013
Reel 31288, frame 656
Yousendit, Inc.Hightail, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 24, 2014
Reel 33416, frame 647
Yousendit, Inc.Hightail, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Application No. 13/733,351 Previously Recorded at Reel: 031288 Frame: 0656. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.
Feb 21, 2019
Reel 48394, frame 447
Hightail, Inc.Open Text Holdings, Inc.Merger
Feb 26, 2026
Reel 73916, frame 237
Open Text Holdings, Inc.Open Text Inc.Merger

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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