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Modeling and Testing of Interactions Between Components of a Software System

US 8,966,454 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 24, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Jun 7, 2011 as application 13/155,363 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 415 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 24, 2023
2011 2032
Clock starts
Jun 7, 2011
No longer in force
Feb 24, 2023
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Term would have run to
Jul 26, 2032
base term patent term adjustment 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
415
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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
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Its term would have run to Jul 26, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 415 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 7, 2011, when this application, 13/155,363, was filedJun 7, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+415 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 26, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 24, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 24, 2023High confidence

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Application 61/407,008Provisional application
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US 8,966,454this patent
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US 8,984,490In force
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US 9,235,490Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,454,450Lapsed on the fee record
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 28, 2011
Reel 26518, frame 12
Michelsen, John J.; Dahan, Jean-davidInteractive Tko, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 16, 2015
Reel 36583, frame 950
Interactive Tko, Inc.Computer Associates Think, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 16, 2015
Reel 36584, frame 10
Computer Associates Think, Inc.CA, Inc.Merger

Sources

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