Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2022 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Oct 20, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 30, 2025
Held by Citrix Systems, Inc.
Filed Dec 30, 2005 as application 11/321,039 · Granted Dec 20, 2011
Base term plus 1025 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2005
Dec 30, 2005
Term ends
Oct 20, 2028
Oct 20, 2028
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Dec 20, 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
1,025
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.
4
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 1025 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 Dec 30, 2005, when this application, 11/321,039, was filed | Dec 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1025 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 2028 | 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 | Oct 20, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,082,348 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,450,860 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,148,793 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 11,184,462 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
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 10, 2006 Reel 17457, frame 768 | Averbuj, Pablo; Muehl, Mark J.; Gill, Vijay | America Online, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2009 Reel 23649, frame 61 | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Bebo, Inc.; Icq LLC; Going, Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Bank of American, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 31, 2009 Reel 23723, frame 585 | America Online, Inc. | AOL LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 31, 2009 Reel 23723, frame 645 | AOL LLC | AOL Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2010 Reel 25323, frame 416 | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc.; AOL Advertising Inc.; Going Inc.; Lightningcast LLC; Mapquest, Inc.; Netscape Communications Corporation; Quigo Technologies LLC; Sphere Source, Inc.; Tacoda LLC; Truveo, Inc.; Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | AOL Advertising Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Going Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Lightningcast LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Mapquest, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Netscape Communications Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Quigo Technologies LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Sphere Source, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Tacoda LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Truveo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 16, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N A | Yedda, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Jun 18, 2012 Reel 28391, frame 832 | AOL, Inc.; Relegance Corporation | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2022 Reel 62079, frame 1 | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62112, frame 262 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62113, frame 1 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62113, frame 470 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63339, frame 525 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Citrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63340, frame 164 | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Apr 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| May 24, 2024 Reel 67662, frame 568 | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2025 Reel 72488, frame 172 | Cloud Software Group, Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 20, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1025 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
243
later US patents cite this one
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