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Operator-Specific Quality Management and Quality Improvement

US 7,933,934 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Mar 18, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Nov 11, 2010 as application 12/944,547 · Granted Apr 26, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 18, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2005
Term ended
Mar 18, 2025
Granted
Apr 26, 2011
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,844,641, US 7,849,062, to Mar 18, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 18, 2005, when application 11/084,759, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 11, 2010)Mar 18, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,844,641, US 7,849,062)resolves to Mar 18, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 18, 2025High confidence

This family

US 7,720,822In force (reinstated)
Jul 2027
Jul 2027
US 7,940,929In force
Nov 2028
Nov 2028
US 7,844,641In force (reinstated)
Jul 2027
Jul 2027
US 7,849,062Lapsed (fee unpaid)
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
US 7,925,638Term ended
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
US 8,019,734Term ended
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
US 7,933,934this patent
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
Application 12/944,554Abandoned
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 12, 2010
Reel 25356, frame 141
Sengupta, ArijitBeyondcore, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 1, 2015
Reel 37312, frame 205
Beyondcore, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Sep 1, 2016
Reel 39618, frame 624
Silicon Valley BankBeyondcore, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 22, 2016
Reel 39827, frame 534
Beyondcore, Inc.; Beacon Acquisition Sub LLCBeyondcore Holdings, LLCMerger and Change of Name
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53608, frame 657
Beyondcore Holdings, LLCSalesforce.com, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2024
Reel 69270, frame 650
Salesforce.com, Inc.Salesforce, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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