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Modeling and Testing of Interactions Between Components of a Software System

US 9,235,490 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jan 12, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Sep 23, 2011 as application 13/244,076 · Granted Jan 12, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 254 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 12, 2020
2011 2032
Clock starts
Jun 7, 2011
No longer in force
Jan 12, 2020
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Term would have run to
Feb 16, 2032
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
254
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.

Its term would have run to Feb 16, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 254 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 7, 2011, when application 13/155,363, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2011)Jun 7, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+254 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 16, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jan 12, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 12, 2020High confidence

This family

Application 61/407,008Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,966,454Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2023
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US 8,984,490In force
Feb 2032
Feb 2032
US 9,235,490this patent
Jan 2020
Jan 2020
US 10,521,322Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 9,454,450Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 27, 2011
Reel 26974, frame 415
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

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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