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System and Method for Automated Information Technology Services Management

US 11,996,977 In force, term unresolved
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Term ends no later than Nov 8, 2038 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by CDW LLC
Filed Jun 13, 2022 as application 17/839,291 · Granted May 28, 2024
Base term plus 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2018
Ends no later than
Nov 8, 2038
Granted
May 28, 2024
base term patent term adjustment 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
24
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
5
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 24 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 15, 2018, when application 16/160,449, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2022)Oct 15, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+24 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 8, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Nov 8, 2038Medium confidence

This family

US 11,362,889In force
Oct 2038
Oct 2038
Application PCT/US2019/055459PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,996,977this patent
no later than Nov 2038
no later than Nov 2038
US 12,683,857In force
Oct 2038
Oct 2038
Application 19/554,213Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 16, 2022
Reel 61114, frame 8
Guthrie, Jeremy; Owens, JasonCDW LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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