Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 4, 2024 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Successor Collateral Agent).
Term ends Jan 10, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 21, 2021
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BMC Software, Inc.
Filed Oct 30, 2007 as application 11/928,730 · Granted May 19, 2015
Base term plus 1876 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2001
2027
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2001
Nov 21, 2001
Term ends
Jan 10, 2027
Jan 10, 2027
Granted
May 19, 2015
May 19, 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
1,876
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.
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 1876 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 21, 2001, when application 09/990,583, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 21, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1876 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 10, 2027 | 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 | Jan 10, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 6,944,630 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 7,302,449 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 9,037,536 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2007 Reel 20039, frame 67 | Vos, Melody; Slavin, Jeff | BMC Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2013 Reel 31204, frame 225 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43351, frame 189 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47185, frame 744 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Credit Suisse, AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2018 Reel 47198, frame 468 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc.; BMC Acquisition L.L.C. | Release of Patents |
| Oct 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | BMC Software, Inc. | Release of Patents |
| Oct 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | BladeLogic, Inc. | Release of Patents |
| Oct 5, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | BMC Acquisition L.L.C. | Release of Patents |
| Jun 4, 2020 Reel 52854, frame 139 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2021 Reel 57683, frame 582 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Grant of Second Lien Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Feb 1, 2024 Reel 66567, frame 283 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | BMC Software, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Alter Domus (US) LLC | BladeLogic, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 66729, frame 889 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Resigning Collateral Agent | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Successor Collateral Agent | Omnibus Assignment of Security Interests in Patent Collateral |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68339, frame 408 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052844/0646) |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68339, frame 617 | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052854/0139) |
| Aug 6, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BMC Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052844/0646) |
| Aug 6, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BladeLogic, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052844/0646) |
| Aug 6, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BMC Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052854/0139) |
| Aug 6, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent | BladeLogic, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (052854/0139) |
| Nov 13, 2024 Reel 69352, frame 568 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Second Lien Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 13, 2024 Reel 69352, frame 628 | BMC Software, Inc.; BladeLogic, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Grant of First Lien Security Interest in Patent Rights |
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1876 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
235
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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