Also listed on Mformation Software Technologies LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 19, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 3, 2030
Held by Alcatel Lucent
Filed May 3, 2010 as application 12/772,721 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term plus 442 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
May 3, 2010
May 3, 2010
Term ends
Jul 19, 2031
Jul 19, 2031
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015
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
442
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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 442 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 May 3, 2010, when this application, 12/772,721, was filed | May 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +442 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 19, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,942,191 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/034950 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 3, 2010 Reel 24327, frame 253 | Nath, Badri; Kushwaha, Rakesh | Mformation Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2012 Reel 28655, frame 306 | Mformation Technolgies, Incorporated | WF Fund III Limited Partnership (C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund III) | Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2013 Reel 29674, frame 109 | Silicon Valley Bank; WF Fund IV Limited Partnership, C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund IV (F/K/A/ WF Fund III Limited Partnership); Mformation Technologies, Incorporated | Mformation Software Technologies, Inc. | Assignment and Release of Security Agreements |
| Jun 19, 2013 Reel 30658, frame 788 | Mformation Software Technologies, Inc. | Mformation Software Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| May 25, 2016 Reel 38715, frame 431 | Mformation Software Technologies LLC | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38839, frame 584 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 19, 2031.
Note
The 442 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
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