Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 18, 2017 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Lapsed Apr 23, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 4, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Vision Solutions, Inc.
Filed May 28, 2010 as application 12/790,628 · Granted Apr 23, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 183 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 23, 2021
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2007
Apr 4, 2007
No longer in force
Apr 23, 2021
Apr 23, 2021
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 2013
Term would have run to
Oct 4, 2027
Oct 4, 2027
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
183
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
15
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 4, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 183 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Apr 4, 2007, when application 11/732,670, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 28, 2010) | Apr 4, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +183 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 4, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 23, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 23, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,684,612 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,542,039 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,757,116 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/017140 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,853,070 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 8,321,447 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,429,450 | this patent Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 8,200,005 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2010 Reel 24723, frame 992 | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Agreement |
| Apr 7, 2011 Reel 26088, frame 261 | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38842, frame 475 | Brown, David E.; Simpson, Scott | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39052, frame 404 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Patent Security Agreement Release at Reel/Frame No. 24723/0992 |
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39052, frame 490 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement Release at Reel/Frame No. 26088/0261 |
| Jun 26, 2016 Reel 39165, frame 931 | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43333, frame 576 | Antares Capital LP as Administrative Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43334, frame 741 | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 254 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 304 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56304, frame 891 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56305, frame 117 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0304. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56038, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56107, frame 233 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 370 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 382 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 183 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.