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Method and System for Subscription-Based, Entitlement-Driven License Key Generation and Distribution for Digital Goods

US 7,831,515 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2025 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent).

Term ends Dec 8, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Feb 24, 2005 as application 11/067,035 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term plus 1221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2003 2026
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2003
Term ends
Dec 8, 2026
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,221
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.
6
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 1221 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 5, 2003, when application 10/635,840, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2005); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 5, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+1221 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 8, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 8, 2026Medium confidence

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Mar 2025
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US 7,831,515this patent
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US 8,135,756Term ended
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Feb 2026
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US 8,499,009Term ended
Aug 2023
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5 of 6 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 12, 2005
Reel 15895, frame 676
Martinelli, Paul; Pieper, Toby; Northing, Richard; Habets, ArianeIntraware, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 22, 2006
Reel 17201, frame 535
Pieper, TobidIntraware. Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2009
Reel 22117, frame 931
Intraware, Inc.Bank Of Montreal, As AgentSecurity Agreement
Jan 20, 2011
Reel 25667, frame 309
Bank Of Montreal, As AgentIntraware, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 21, 2011
Reel 25675, frame 817
Intraware, Inc.Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 3, 2011
Reel 27005, frame 201
Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative AgentIntraware, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Oct 5, 2011
Reel 27021, frame 68
Intraware, Inc.Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Oct 5, 2011
Reel 27022, frame 216
Intraware, Inc.Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 25, 2013
Reel 29867, frame 462
Intraware, Inc.Flexera Software LLCMerger
Mar 25, 2013
Reel 30081, frame 178
Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral AgentFlexera Software LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 027022/0216
Mar 28, 2013
Reel 30111, frame 362
Flexera Software LLCBank Of Montreal, As Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Patent Security Agreement
Apr 2, 2014
Reel 32581, frame 652
Bank of MontrealFlexera Software LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 2, 2014
Reel 32590, frame 617
Flexera Software LLCJefferies Finance LLCFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Apr 2, 2014
Reel 32590, frame 805
Flexera Software LLCJefferies Finance LLCSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 26, 2018
Reel 45441, frame 499
Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna CorporationJefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Security Agreement
Feb 26, 2018
Reel 45447, frame 842
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLCTermination of 2ND Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0805
Feb 26, 2018
Reel 45447, frame 894
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLCTermination of 1ST Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0617
Feb 27, 2018
Reel 45451, frame 499
Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna CorporationJefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Security Agreement
Feb 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest
Feb 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCPalamida, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest
Feb 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCBdna CorporationRelease of Second Lien Security Interest
Feb 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCRightscale, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest
Feb 28, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCRisc Networks, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest
Feb 28, 2020
Reel 52049, frame 560
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest
Mar 3, 2021
Reel 55487, frame 354
Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCSecond Lien Security Agreement
Apr 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCBdna CorporationRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCPalamida, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCRightscale, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCRisc Networks, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCRevulytics, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Apr 18, 2024
Reel 67636, frame 534
Jefferies Finance LLCBdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents
Aug 15, 2025
Reel 72460, frame 828
Flexera Software LLCKKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral GentSecurity Interest
Aug 25, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLCRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499
Aug 25, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCPalamida, Inc.Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499
Aug 25, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Jefferies Finance LLCBdna CorporationRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499
Aug 25, 2025
Reel 72552, frame 558
Jefferies Finance LLCFlexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna CorporationRelease of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499

Sources

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