Also listed on Softpro GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 5, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 19, 2025
Held by Tungsten Automation Corporation
Filed Feb 11, 2011 as application 13/025,961 · Granted Nov 25, 2014
Base term plus 869 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Aug 19, 2005
Aug 19, 2005
Term ends
Jan 5, 2028
Jan 5, 2028
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Nov 25, 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
869
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,889,889, to Jan 5, 2028. 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 runs 869 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Aug 19, 2005, when application PCT/EP2005/008970, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2011) | Aug 19, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +869 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 5, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,889,889) | resolves to Jan 5, 2028, 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 5, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,889,889 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,897,511 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2017 Reel 43048, frame 642 | Softpro GmbH | Kofax Deutschland AG | Merger |
| May 22, 2018 Reel 45874, frame 890 | Haid, Markus | Softpro GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67428, frame 392 | Kofax, Inc. | Tungsten Automation Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 5, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 869 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,889,889, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite 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
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.