Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 20, 2015 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends May 16, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2030
Held by Catalogic Software, Inc.
Filed Apr 2, 2010 as application 12/753,626 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2010
Apr 2, 2010
Term ends
May 16, 2030
May 16, 2030
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
44
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 44 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 Apr 2, 2010, when this application, 12/753,626, was filed | Apr 2, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 16, 2030 | 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 16, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,738,872 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,943,285 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2010 Reel 24345, frame 552 | Liu, Peter Chi-hsiung | Syncsort Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2010 Reel 24678, frame 539 | Syncsort Incorporated | Gci Capital Markets LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 23, 2014 Reel 33158, frame 76 | Syncsort Incorporated | DPX Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2014 Reel 33217, frame 48 | DPX Corp. | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 15, 2014 Reel 33329, frame 334 | Cgi Capital Markets LLC | Gci Capital Markets, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 20, 2015 Reel 36397, frame 29 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2016 Reel 41187, frame 473 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, Formerly Known as Gci Capital Markets LLC | Syncsort Incorporated | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 24678/0539 |
| Sep 19, 2019 Reel 50433, frame 90 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56325, frame 719 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2021 Reel 56551, frame 581 | Western Alliance Bank | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 16, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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