Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 4, 2024 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Successor Collateral Agent).
Term ends Jun 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 5, 2027
Held by BMC Software, Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2011 as application 13/048,763 · Granted Apr 3, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2007
Jun 5, 2007
Term ends
Jun 5, 2027
Jun 5, 2027
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 2012
base term
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 7,676,695, to Jun 5, 2027. 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.
3
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 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 Jun 5, 2007, when application 11/758,641, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2011) | Jun 5, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,676,695) | resolves to Jun 5, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jun 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,676,695 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 7,934,126 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,151,141 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2015 Reel 35200, frame 973 | Compuware Corporation | Jefferies Finance, LLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 13, 2015 Reel 35201, frame 65 | Compuware Corporation | Jefferies Finance, LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 14, 2018 Reel 45325, frame 384 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Compuware Corporation | Termination of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 035201/0065 |
| Aug 21, 2018 Reel 46636, frame 375 | Bennett, Earl W.; Liebert, James | Compuware Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2018 Reel 46922, frame 886 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Dynatrace LLC; Compuware Corporation | Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel\frame 035200\0973 and 035200\0955 |
| Aug 23, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Dynatrace LLC | Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel\frame 035200\0973 and 035200\0955 |
| Aug 23, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Compuware Corporation | Release of First Lien Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel\frame 035200\0973 and 035200\0955 |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46690, frame 954 | Compuware Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2020 Reel 52806, frame 847 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Compuware Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at R/F 46690/0954 |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 52842, frame 277 | Compuware Corporation | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 53467, frame 434 | Compuware Corporation; BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Credit Suisse, AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2021 Reel 55906, frame 332 | Compuware Corporation | BMC Software, Inc. | Merger |
| Sep 30, 2021 Reel 57683, frame 582 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Grant of Second Lien Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Feb 1, 2024 Reel 66567, frame 283 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | BMC Software, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | BladeLogic, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 66729, frame 889 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Resigning Collateral Agent | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Successor Collateral Agent | Omnibus Assignment of Security Interests in Patent Collateral |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68316, frame 566 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BMC Software, Inc. (as Successor-by-Merger to Compuware Corporation) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052842/0166) |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68316, frame 868 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BMC Software, Inc. (as Successor-by-Merger to Compuware Corporation) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052842/0277) |
| Nov 13, 2024 Reel 69352, frame 568 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Second Lien Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 13, 2024 Reel 69352, frame 628 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Grant of First Lien Security Interest in Patent Rights |
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What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,676,695, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.