Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2022 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ended Dec 30, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 30, 2025
Held by AOL LLC
Filed Sep 8, 2016 as application 15/259,826 · Granted Dec 4, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Dec 30, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2005
Dec 30, 2005
Term ended
Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Dec 4, 2018
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,450,860, to Dec 30, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 30, 2005, when application 11/321,039, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2016) | Dec 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,450,860) | resolves to Dec 30, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 30, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,082,348 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,450,860 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,148,793 | this patent Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,184,462 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2018 Reel 47102, frame 466 | Averbuj, Pablo; Muehl, Mark J.; Gill, Vijay | America Online, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2018 Reel 47102, frame 765 | AOL Inc. | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2018 Reel 47206, frame 908 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 Reel 49901, frame 854 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 30, 2022 Reel 62079, frame 1 | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62112, frame 262 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62113, frame 1 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62113, frame 470 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63339, frame 525 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Citrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63340, frame 164 | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Apr 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| May 24, 2024 Reel 67662, frame 568 | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 Reel 72488, frame 172 | Cloud Software Group, Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,450,860, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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