Term ends Feb 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2032
Filed Jan 20, 2012 as application 13/354,892 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
Term ends
Feb 17, 2032
Feb 17, 2032
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 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
28
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.
27
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 28 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 Jan 20, 2012, when this application, 13/354,892, was filed | Jan 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 17, 2032 | 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 | Feb 17, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,710,784 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 8,983,963 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 9,052,907 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,832,674 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,047,413 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,092,470 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 8,930,767 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,685,313 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
8 of 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2012 Reel 27569, frame 752 | Harris, Steven T.; Dennis, Christopher; Subbiah, Saravanan | Terracotta Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33455, frame 883 | Terracotta Inc. | Software AG USA, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2024 Reel 68693, frame 619 | Software AG USA, Inc. | Software AG, Inc. | Merger |
| Sep 26, 2024 Reel 69064, frame 575 | Software AG, Inc. | Sag 1, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 31, 2024 Reel 69287, frame 635 | Sag 1, LLC | Software AG, LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 19, 2024 Reel 69319, frame 220 | Software AG, LLC | Super Ipaas Integration LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2024 Reel 69440, frame 958 | Super Ipaas Integration LLC | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 17, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
92
later US patents cite this one
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