Term ends Jun 28, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 1, 2032
Held by Micro Focus LLC
Filed Oct 22, 2013 as application 14/060,186 · Granted Aug 23, 2022
Base term plus 2339 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2038
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2012
Feb 1, 2012
Term ends
Jun 28, 2038
Jun 28, 2038
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
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
2,339
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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 2339 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Feb 1, 2012, when application 13/364,288, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 22, 2013) | Feb 1, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2339 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 28, 2038 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 28, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,595,850 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/021757 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,423,504 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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 22, 2018 Reel 47253, frame 802 | Voltage Security, LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger |
| Oct 22, 2018 Reel 47276, frame 434 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Entity Conversion and Change of Name |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51198, frame 611 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51199, frame 74 | Voltage Security, LLC; Entit Software LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 8, 2019 Reel 50004, frame 1 | Entit Software LLC | Micro Focus LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 28, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 2339 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
264
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.