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Micro Focus LLC

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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1,085 patents currently held

102 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
186 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record

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Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others 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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
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Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Evaluating Network Performance Using Diagnostic Rules Identifying Performance Data to Be Collected US 7,680,920
Cited by 141 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
Ends May 2028 · High confidence Also notable
File Mapping and Converting for Dynamic Disk Personalization for Multiple Platforms US 8,812,766
Cited by 269 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
Ends Mar 2031 · High confidence Also notable
System for Creating a Customized Software Distribution Based on User Requirements US 8,352,935
Cited by 62 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
Ends Apr 2028 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 1,013 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Environment Managers via Virtual Machines9 in forceto May 2032
Techniques for Authentication via a Mobile Device4 in forceto Sep 2032
Blockchain Auditing System and Method3 in forceto Jan 2041
Storing Log Data Efficiently While Supporting Querying to Assist in Computer Network Security3 in forceto May 2033
Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Evaluating Network Performance Using Diagnostic Rules Identifying Performance Data to Be Collected3 in forceto Mar 2032

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 7,752,317Workstation Virus Lockdown in a Distributed Environment
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,680,801Systems and Methods for Storing Meta-Data Separate from a Digital Asset
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,703,103Serving Concurrent Tcp/IP Connections of Multiple Virtual Internet Users with a Single Thread
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,796,515Propagation of Viruses Through an Information Technology Network
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 7,499,984Status-Message Mapping
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,437,359Merging Multiple Log Entries in Accordance with Merge Properties and Mapping Properties
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,571,069Data Assurance Workflow Derivation and Execution
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,738,753Standard Operating Procedure Automation in Database Administration
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,643,029Method and System for Automated Visual Comparison Based on User Drilldown Sequences
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,844,999Message Parsing in a Network Security System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 1,085: 102 patents in force now held by others · 786 patents ended · 69 applications pending · 382 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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