Also listed on Ascential Software Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 31, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 24, 2024
Filed Aug 24, 2004 as application 10/925,897 · Granted Nov 6, 2012
Base term plus 1102 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Aug 24, 2004
Aug 24, 2004
Term ends
Aug 31, 2027
Aug 31, 2027
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 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
1,102
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.
18
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 1102 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 Aug 24, 2004, when this application, 10/925,897, was filed | Aug 24, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1102 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 31, 2027 | 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 | Aug 31, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,307,109 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application 11/065,437 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/065,186 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,814,142 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
| Application 11/104,402 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/066,326 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/064,772 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/065,081 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2004 Reel 15916, frame 118 | Scheffer, Lee; Mamou, Jean-claude; Cherei, Thomas; Tinnel, Brian; Tourn, Christophe; Beckrie, Michael J.; McCdonald, Rob; Paton, Ewan; Meeke, David T.; Souza, Cassio | Ascential Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2004 Reel 15916, frame 147 | Scheffler, Lee; Mamou, Jean-claude; Cherel, Thomas; Tinnel, Brian; Toum, Christophe; Beckerle, Michael J.; McDonald, Rob; Paton, Ewan; Meeks, David T.; Souza, Cassio | Ascential Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 26, 2005 Reel 17555, frame 184 | Ascential Software Corporation | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2014 Reel 33307, frame 731 | Mamou, Jean-claude; Cherel, Thomas; Tinnel, Brian; Toum, Christophe; Souza Dos Santos, Cassio; Meeks, David T.; Scheffler, Lee J.; Beckerle, Michael J. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 31, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1102 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
212
later US patents cite this one
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