Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 30, 2018 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 29, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2028
Held by Aurea Software, Inc.
Filed Mar 7, 2008 as application 12/044,751 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term plus 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2008
Mar 7, 2008
Term ends
Sep 29, 2030
Sep 29, 2030
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 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
936
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.
6
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 936 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 Mar 7, 2008, when this application, 12/044,751, was filed | Mar 7, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +936 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 29, 2030 | 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 | Sep 29, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,949,457 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,944,835 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 11,463,402 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 11,811,723 | In force no later than Mar 2028 | no later than Mar 2028 |
| US 12,348,482 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application 19/229,686 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2008 Reel 20968, frame 251 | Theroux, Michael E.; Abes, Andi; Easton, Peter Stewart; Lucas, Gregory M. | Progress Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2013 Reel 31271, frame 589 | Progress Software Corporation | Aurea Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2018 Reel 45789, frame 445 | Aurea Software, Inc.; Kerio Technologies Inc.; Nextdocs Corporation; Exinda Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 31, 2022 Reel 60220, frame 673 | Aurea Software, Inc.; Nextdocs Corporation,; Messageone, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 29, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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