Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 30, 2023 (The Bank of New York Mellon).
Term ended no later than Mar 4, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 4, 2025
Held by Open Text S.A. ULC
Filed Jul 24, 2012 as application 13/556,782 · Granted Dec 2, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Mar 4, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2005
Mar 4, 2005
Ended no later than
Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025
Granted
Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014
base term
after the term ends
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 4, 2005, when application 11/072,687, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 24, 2012) | Mar 4, 2025 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Mar 4, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,260,764 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,903,799 | this patent no later than Mar 2025 | no later than Mar 2025 |
| US 9,721,016 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
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 24, 2012 Reel 28640, frame 631 | Gruber, Thomas Robert | Vignette Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2012 Reel 28809, frame 960 | Vignette Corporation (4%) | Vignette Software LLC | Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement |
| Aug 17, 2012 Reel 28810, frame 240 | Vignette Corporation (96%) | Vignette LLC | Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2012 Reel 28832, frame 19 | Vignette LLC (96%) | Vignette Software LLC | Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2012 Reel 28848, frame 923 | Vignette Software, LLC | Vignette Corporation | Merger |
| Aug 27, 2012 Reel 28850, frame 84 | Vignette Corporation | Vignette Operating, LLC | Conversion |
| Aug 29, 2012 Reel 28864, frame 705 | Vignette Operating, LLC | Vignette Partnership, LP | Conversion |
| Sep 12, 2012 Reel 28987, frame 125 | Vignette Partnership, LP | Open Text S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40019, frame 627 | Open Text S.A. | OT IP Sub, LLC | IP Business Sale Agreement |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40019, frame 500 | Op IP Sub, LLC | IP OT Sub ULC | Certificate of Continuance |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40019, frame 578 | IP OT Sub ULC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Certificate of Amalgamation |
| May 7, 2023 Reel 63559, frame 758 | Open Text S.A. ULC | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64761, frame 256 | Open Text S.A. ULC | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67807, frame 53 | Barclays Bank PLC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 063559/0628) |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 4, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.