Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 25, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 21, 2026
Held by Precisely Software Incorporated
Filed Aug 21, 2006 as application 11/506,871 · Granted Jun 2, 2009
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2006
Aug 21, 2006
Term ends
Jan 25, 2027
Jan 25, 2027
Granted
Jun 2, 2009
Jun 2, 2009
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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
15
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 157 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Aug 21, 2006, when this application, 11/506,871, was filed | Aug 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 25, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 25, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,684,612 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,542,039 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,757,116 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/017140 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,853,070 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 8,321,447 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,429,450 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 8,200,005 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 15 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 21, 2006 Reel 18196, frame 992 | Berrill, Arthur R. | Mapinfo Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2019 Reel 49127, frame 542 | Mapinfo Corporation & Magellan Acquisition Corp. | PB Mapinfo Corporation | Change of Name |
| May 9, 2019 Reel 49127, frame 626 | PB Mapinfo Corporation | Pitney Bowes Mapinfo Corporation | Change of Name |
| May 9, 2019 Reel 49127, frame 664 | Pitney Bowes Mapinfo Corporation; Group 1 Software Inc. | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Merger |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51383, frame 336 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51383, frame 344 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 254 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 304 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56304, frame 891 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56305, frame 117 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0304. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56038, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56107, frame 233 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59236, frame 593 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Precisely Software Incorporated | Merger |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 370 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 382 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 25, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2009 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
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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.