Also listed on Microvision, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2025 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent).
Term ends Dec 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2025
Held by Flexera Software LLC
Filed May 3, 2005 as application 11/121,506 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term plus 581 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
May 3, 2005
May 3, 2005
Term ends
Dec 5, 2026
Dec 5, 2026
Granted
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
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
581
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 581 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 May 3, 2005, when this application, 11/121,506, was filed | May 3, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +581 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 5, 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2005 Reel 16534, frame 398 | Uwais, Mohamed Shamil | Macrovision Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 2, 2008 Reel 20741, frame 288 | Acresso Software Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 18, 2008 Reel 20817, frame 960 | Macrovision Corporation | Acresso Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2009 Reel 23565, frame 861 | Acresso Software Inc. | Flexera Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 16, 2010 Reel 25505, frame 66 | Flexera Software, Inc. | Flexera Software, Inc. | The Submission Is to Correct an Error Made in a Previously Recorded Document at Reel/Frame: 020986/0074 That Erroneously Affects the Identified Patent Applications #: 11/156093 and 11/121506 |
| Jan 20, 2011 Reel 25668, frame 70 | Bank Of Montreal, As Agent | Flexera Software, Inc. (F/K/A Acresso Software Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25675, frame 840 | Flexera Software, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26994, frame 341 | Flexera Software, Inc. | Flexera Software LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Oct 3, 2011 Reel 27004, frame 601 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Flexera Software, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Oct 5, 2011 Reel 27021, frame 54 | Flexera Software LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 5, 2011 Reel 27022, frame 202 | Flexera Software LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 25, 2013 Reel 30081, frame 156 | Bnak Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 027022/0202 |
| Mar 28, 2013 Reel 30111, frame 362 | Flexera Software LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32581, frame 652 | Bank of Montreal | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32590, frame 617 | Flexera Software LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32590, frame 805 | Flexera Software LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45441, frame 499 | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45447, frame 842 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Termination of 2ND Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0805 |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45447, frame 894 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Termination of 1ST Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0617 |
| Feb 27, 2018 Reel 45451, frame 499 | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Rightscale, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 Reel 52049, frame 560 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2021 Reel 55487, frame 354 | Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Rightscale, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Revulytics, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 Reel 67636, frame 534 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 15, 2025 Reel 72460, frame 828 | Flexera Software LLC | KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent | Security Interest |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 Reel 72552, frame 558 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 5, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 581 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.