Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 30, 2023 (The Bank of New York Mellon).
Term ends Jan 9, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 31, 2026
Held by Open Text S.A. ULC
Filed Oct 31, 2006 as application 11/591,446 · Granted Jan 26, 2010
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2006
Oct 31, 2006
Term ends
Jan 9, 2027
Jan 9, 2027
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
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
70
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.
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 runs 70 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 Oct 31, 2006, when this application, 11/591,446, was filed | Oct 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 9, 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 9, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/042731 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,653,185 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,232,007 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2007 Reel 18900, frame 590 | Rebert, Treber; Isabelle, Jonathan; Webster, Jason K. | Captaris, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2008 Reel 20362, frame 679 | Captaris, Inc. | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 19, 2008 Reel 21849, frame 895 | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent | Captaris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2010 Reel 23942, frame 697 | Captaris, Inc. | Open Text Inc. | Merger |
| Nov 17, 2011 Reel 27292, frame 666 | Open Text Inc. | Open Text S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39872, frame 605 | Open Text S.A. | OT IP Sub, LLC | IP Business Sale Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39872, frame 662 | IP OT Sub ULC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Certificate of Amalgamation |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39986, frame 689 | OT IP Sub, LLC | IP OT Sub ULC | Certificate of Continuance |
| May 7, 2023 Reel 63559, frame 758 | Open Text S.A. ULC | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64761, frame 256 | Open Text S.A. ULC | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67807, frame 53 | Barclays Bank PLC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 063559/0628) |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
84
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.