Also listed on Platform Computing Partnership, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2027
Held by ServiceNow, Inc.
Filed Mar 30, 2007 as application 11/694,664 · Granted Nov 12, 2013
Base term plus 1510 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
Mar 30, 2007
Term ends
May 18, 2031
May 18, 2031
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013
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
1,510
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.
6
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 1510 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 Mar 30, 2007, when this application, 11/694,664, was filed | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1510 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 2031 | 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 | May 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,584,131 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,317,338 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 9,690,632 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,216,545 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,768,994 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 11,385,939 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2011 Reel 26389, frame 253 | Wong, Wai Ming; Hui, Michael C. | Platform Computing Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2012 Reel 28683, frame 434 | Platform Computing Corporation | Platform Computing Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2012 Reel 28724, frame 648 | Platform Computing Corporation | Platform Computing Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2012 Reel 28808, frame 347 | Platform Computing Partnership | IBM International Group B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2012 Reel 28864, frame 933 | IBM International Group B. V. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2017 Reel 42269, frame 682 | International Business Machines | ServiceNow, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1510 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
99
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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