Maintenance fees coming due

Quest Software Inc.

72 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 14, 2026, the next on Nov 14, 2026. Unpaid by May 14, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 10,289,457	Systems and Methods for Dynamic Discovery of Container-Based Microservices Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Nov 14, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 14, 2027 Term ends Oct 28, 2036 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Nov 14, 2026	May 14, 2027	Term ends Oct 28, 2036	High confidence
US 10,291,490	System and Method for Collecting Data from Low-Availability Devices Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Nov 14, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 14, 2027 Term ends Feb 28, 2037 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Nov 14, 2026	May 14, 2027	Term ends Feb 28, 2037	High confidence
US 10,291,493	System and Method for Determining Relevant Computer Performance Events Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Nov 14, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 14, 2027 Term ends Dec 5, 2034 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Nov 14, 2026	May 14, 2027	Term ends Dec 5, 2034	High confidence
US 10,298,437	Distributed Data Collection in an Enterprise Network Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Nov 21, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 21, 2027 Term ends May 6, 2037 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Nov 21, 2026	May 21, 2027	Term ends May 6, 2037	High confidence
US 9,047,272	System and Methods for Index Selection in Collections of Data Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Dec 2, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 2, 2027 Term ends Nov 4, 2030 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Dec 2, 2026	Jun 2, 2027	Term ends Nov 4, 2030	High confidence
US 10,313,291	Method for Determining Predictive Response Time Across Enterprise Communication Systems Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Dec 4, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 4, 2027 Term ends Aug 6, 2036 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Dec 4, 2026	Jun 4, 2027	Term ends Aug 6, 2036	High confidence
US 10,313,486	Optimizing Transfer of Fragmented Packetized Data Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Dec 4, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 4, 2027 Term ends Jan 7, 2035 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Dec 4, 2026	Jun 4, 2027	Term ends Jan 7, 2035	High confidence
US 10,326,748	Systems and Methods for Event-Based Authentication Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Dec 18, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 21, 2027 Term ends Mar 27, 2036 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Dec 18, 2026	Jun 21, 2027	Term ends Mar 27, 2036	High confidence
US 9,064,027	Cross-Enterprise IT Information Sharing Platform Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Dec 23, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 23, 2027 Term ends Aug 10, 2033 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Dec 23, 2026	Jun 23, 2027	Term ends Aug 10, 2033	High confidence
US 10,333,820	System for Inferring Dependencies Among Computing Systems Quest Software Inc. In force Fee due Dec 25, 2026 Lapses if unpaid Jun 25, 2027 Term ends Jan 25, 2034 · High confidence	Quest Software Inc.	In force	Dec 25, 2026	Jun 25, 2027	Term ends Jan 25, 2034	High confidence
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