Term ends Jun 26, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2030
Held by Aurea Software, Inc.
Filed Apr 1, 2020 as application 16/837,457 · Granted Oct 18, 2022
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2010
Apr 30, 2010
Term ends
Jun 26, 2030
Jun 26, 2030
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 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
57
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,643,227, to Jun 26, 2030. 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.
8
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 57 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 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 Apr 30, 2010, when application 12/772,166, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 1, 2020) | Apr 30, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 26, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,643,227) | resolves to Jun 26, 2030, 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 26, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,805,840 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,643,227 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 10,546,311 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,403,654 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 11,475,469 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 12,020,271 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application 17/942,476 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/734,770 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2022 Reel 60220, frame 673 | Aurea Software, Inc.; Nextdocs Corporation,; Messageone, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 26, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,643,227, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.