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Term ends Jul 26, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Apr 10, 2007 as application 11/733,434 · Granted Nov 29, 2011
Base term plus 1203 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2030
Clock starts
Apr 10, 2007
Term ends
Jul 26, 2030
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
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
1,203
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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1203 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 10, 2007, when this application, 11/733,434, was filedApr 10, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1203 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 26, 2030High 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 orderJul 26, 2030High confidence

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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
Dec 3, 2007
Reel 20202, frame 896
Gould, Joel; Wholey, III, Joseph Skeffington; Perkins, TimothyAB Initio Software CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 23, 2009
Reel 22288, frame 828
AB Initio Software CorporationAB Initio Software LLCChange of Name
Mar 26, 2009
Reel 22460, frame 496
AB Initio Software LLCArchitecture LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 26, 2009
Reel 22460, frame 546
Architecture LLCAB Initio Technology LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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