Also listed on Snow Software, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2025 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent).
Term ends Dec 17, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2038
Held by Flexera Software LLC
Filed May 14, 2024 as application 18/663,869 · Granted Aug 26, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018
Term ends
Dec 17, 2038
Dec 17, 2038
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Aug 26, 2025
base term
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 12,014,169, to Dec 17, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 17, 2018, when application PCT/SE2018/051326, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2024) | Dec 17, 2038 | 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 12,014,169) | resolves to Dec 17, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 17, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,014,169 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 12,399,708 | this patent Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
2 of 3 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 Reel 69373, frame 957 | Snow Software US, Inc. | Flexera Software LLC | Merger |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70147, frame 194 | Björkman, Peter | Snow Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70147, frame 299 | Lunder, Rolf Georg | Snow Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70147, frame 421 | Hansen, Kenneth Aas | Snow Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70147, frame 447 | Køhler, Lars | Snow Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 Reel 72460, frame 828 | Flexera Software LLC | KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2038
Term ends Dec 17, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,014,169, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
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