Also listed on Beyondcore, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 11, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 18, 2025
Held by Salesforce, Inc.
Filed Mar 18, 2005 as application 11/084,759 · Granted May 18, 2010
Base term plus 845 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2005
Mar 18, 2005
Term ends
Jul 11, 2027
Jul 11, 2027
Granted
May 18, 2010
May 18, 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
845
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.
33
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 845 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 Mar 18, 2005, when this application, 11/084,759, was filed | Mar 18, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +845 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 11, 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 11, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,720,822 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,940,929 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 7,844,641 | In force (reinstated) Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,849,062 | Lapsed (fee unpaid) Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| US 7,925,638 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,019,734 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,933,934 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Application 12/944,554 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2009 Reel 22523, frame 674 | Sengupta, Arijit | Beyondcore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2015 Reel 37312, frame 205 | Beyondcore, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39618, frame 624 | Silicon Valley Bank | Beyondcore, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2016 Reel 39827, frame 534 | Beyondcore, Inc.; Beacon Acquisition Sub LLC | Beyondcore Holdings, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 27, 2020 Reel 53608, frame 657 | Beyondcore Holdings, LLC | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2024 Reel 69268, frame 555 | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Salesforce, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 11, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 845 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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