Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 14, 2019 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ended Apr 6, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 25, 2022
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on May 27, 2024.
Held by Sciquest, Inc.
Filed Feb 10, 2009 as application 12/368,354 · Granted Apr 24, 2012
Base term plus 559 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Apr 6, 2024
2002
2026
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2002
Sep 25, 2002
Term ended
Apr 6, 2024
Apr 6, 2024
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
559
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,499,880, to Apr 6, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 559 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 25, 2002, when application 10/254,241, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2009) | Sep 25, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +559 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,499,880) | resolves to Apr 6, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on May 27, 2024, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 6, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,610,236 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application 10/400,285 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/400,246 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,499,880 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 7,577,589 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,165,921 | this patent Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 8,190,489 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,190,490 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
8 of 9 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2009 Reel 22232, frame 127 | Sandholm, Tuomas; Levine, David L.; Suri, Subhash; Shields, Robert L.; Cole, Christopher; McKenzie, Richard James, JR.; Parkes, David C.; Conitzer, Vincent; Schmaus, Benjamin | Combinenet, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 28, 2009 Reel 22746, frame 48 | Combinenet, Inc. | The Advisory Board Company | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 Reel 23814, frame 907 | Combinenet, Inc. | Advanced Technology Ventures VII, L.P.; Advanced Technology Ventures VII (B), L.P.; Advanced Technology Ventures VII (C), L.P.; Atv Entrepreneurs Vii, L.p.; Advanced Technology Ventures VI, L.P.; Atv Entrepreneurs Vi, L.p.; Apex Investment Fund V, L.P.; Upmc; Ecc Partners, L.p.; Revolution Capital, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Advanced Technology Ventures VII, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Advanced Technology Ventures VII (B), L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Advanced Technology Ventures VII (C), L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Atv Entrepreneurs Vii, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Advanced Technology Ventures VI, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Atv Entrepreneurs Vi, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Apex Investment Fund V, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Upmc | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Ecc Partners, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Combinenet, Inc. | Revolution Capital, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 7, 2010 Reel 24492, frame 257 | Apex Investment Fund V, L.P.; Advanced Technology Ventures VII, L.P.; Advanced Technology Ventures VII (B), L.P.; Advanced Technology Ventures VII (C), L.P.; Atv Entrepreneurs Vii, L.p.; Advanced Technology Ventures VI, L.P.; Atv Entrepreneurs Vi, L.p.; Ecc Partners, L.P., C/O U.S. Small Business Administration, Receiver for Ecc Partners, L.P.; Revolution Capital, LLC; Upmc | Combinenet, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 26, 2013 Reel 31869, frame 809 | Advanced Sourcing Corp. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 1, 2014 Reel 32573, frame 793 | Combinenet, Inc. | Liberty Second Sub, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32616, frame 278 | Liberty Second Sub, Inc. | Advanced Sourcing Corp. | Change of Name |
| Apr 15, 2014 Reel 32671, frame 726 | Advanced Sourcing Corp. | Sciquest, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2016 Reel 39263, frame 334 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Sciquest, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2016 Reel 39503, frame 728 | Sciquest, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 23, 2016 Reel 39512, frame 373 | The Advisory Board Company | Sciquest, Inc.; Combinenet, Inc. (Assignors' Predecessor in Interest) | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 23, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | The Advisory Board Company | Sciquest, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 23, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | The Advisory Board Company | Combinenet, Inc. (Assignors' Predecessor in Interest) | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 28, 2017 Reel 44501, frame 614 | Antares Capital LP | Sciquest, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2017 Reel 44508, frame 437 | Sciquest, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 14, 2019 Reel 50049, frame 688 | Sciquest, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as First Lien Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 14, 2019 Reel 50058, frame 303 | Sciquest, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2019 Reel 50067, frame 728 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Sciquest, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 20, 2023 Reel 65303, frame 57 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as Successor to U.S. Bank National Association) | Jaggaer, LLC (as Successor in Interest to Sciquest, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 6, 2024 Reel 69532, frame 243 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Sciquest, Inc. | Patent Release and Reassignment (050049/0688) |
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Note
The 559 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,499,880, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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