Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 20, 2015 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Jan 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2029
Held by Catalogic Software, Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2012 as application 13/420,816 · Granted Jul 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 6, 2029
Jan 6, 2029
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,161,254, to Jan 6, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 6, 2009, when application 12/349,069, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2012) | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,161,254) | resolves to Jan 6, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,161,254 | In force (reinstated) Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,769,222 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application 14/284,164 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 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 5, 2014 Reel 33462, frame 710 | Liu, Peter | Syncsort Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2015 Reel 36397, frame 29 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| 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
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 6, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,161,254, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.