Term ended Mar 29, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 29, 2026
Held by Oracle America, Inc.
Filed Mar 29, 2006 as application 11/277,761 · Granted Jun 17, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Mar 29, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2006
Mar 29, 2006
Term ended
Mar 29, 2026
Mar 29, 2026
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
Jun 17, 2008
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
9
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Mar 29, 2006, when this application, 11/277,761, was filed | Mar 29, 2026 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,389,403 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Application 11/279,882 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/279,883 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,802,073 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,219,788 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 7,797,512 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,225,315 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,543,843 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2006 Reel 18162, frame 244 | Alpert, Donald B.; Favor, John Gregory; Glaskowsky, Peter N.; Song, Seungyoon Peter | Montalvo Systems | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2008 Reel 20925, frame 679 | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2008 Reel 21731, frame 700 | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2011 Reel 26795, frame 644 | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Sun Microsystems Technology Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 021731 Frame 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignees Are Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems Technology LTD. |
| Aug 23, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 021731 Frame 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignees Are Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems Technology LTD. |
| Aug 23, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Montalvo Systems, Inc. | Sun Microsystems Technology Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 021731 Frame 0700. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignees Are Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sun Microsystems Technology LTD. |
| Dec 16, 2015 Reel 37303, frame 336 | Oracle USA, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Oracle America, Inc. | Oracle America, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
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