Also listed on Netezza Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 3, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 17, 2024
Filed Feb 17, 2004 as application 10/780,252 · Granted Oct 9, 2012
Base term plus 1020 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2004
Feb 17, 2004
Term ends
Dec 3, 2026
Dec 3, 2026
Granted
Oct 9, 2012
Oct 9, 2012
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
1,020
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.
This patent's term runs 1020 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 Feb 17, 2004, when this application, 10/780,252, was filed | Feb 17, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1020 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 3, 2026 | 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 | Dec 3, 2026 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2005 Reel 16332, frame 562 | Moghe, Pratyush | Tizor Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2011 Reel 27232, frame 417 | Tizor Systems, Inc. | Netezza Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2011 Reel 27439, frame 867 | Tizor Systems, Inc. | Netezza Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2012 Reel 27614, frame 356 | Tizor Systems, Inc. | Netezza Corporation | Request for Corrected Notice of Recordation to Remove Patent No. 7.415,729 Previously Incorrectly Listed on Electronically Filed Recordation Coversheet, Recorded 12/23/2011 at Reel 027439, Frames 0867-0870-Copies Attached |
| Feb 2, 2012 Reel 27642, frame 172 | Netezza Corporation | IBM International Group B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 47794, frame 779 | IBM International Group B.V. | IBM International C.V. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 47794, frame 927 | IBM International C.V. | IBM Atlantic C.V. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 47795, frame 1 | IBM Atlantic C.V. | IBM Technology Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Aug 11, 2020 Reel 53452, frame 580 | IBM Technology Corporation | Software Labs Campus Unlimited Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55171, frame 693 | IBM Technology Corporation | Software Labs Campus Unlimited Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the 4 Erroneously Listed Patents on Schedule a. Previously Recorded at Reel: 053452 Frame: 0580. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| May 26, 2021 Reel 56396, frame 942 | Software Labs Campus Unlimited Company | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 3, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1020 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
104
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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