Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 2, 2014 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 9, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 29, 2025
Held by Progress Software Cororation
Filed Nov 29, 2005 as application 11/290,678 · Granted Dec 18, 2012
Base term plus 496 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2005
Nov 29, 2005
Term ends
Apr 9, 2027
Apr 9, 2027
Granted
Dec 18, 2012
Dec 18, 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
496
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.
2
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 496 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 Nov 29, 2005, when this application, 11/290,678, was filed | Nov 29, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +496 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 9, 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 | Apr 9, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,335,794 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,727,610 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2005 Reel 17316, frame 655 | Goodson, John; Steward, Rob; Biamonte, Mark; Conrad, Cheryl | Progress Software Cororation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2014 Reel 34504, frame 178 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2016 Reel 39633, frame 164 | Goodson, John; Steward, Robert; Biamonte, Mark; Conrad, Cheryl | Progress Software Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 017316 Frame: 0655. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49031, frame 684 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 25, 2022 Reel 58840, frame 99 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2024 Reel 66762, frame 833 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72094, frame 790 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 496 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
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.
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