Lapsed Apr 5, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 2, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Compuverde AB
Filed Dec 5, 2013 as application 14/098,021 · Granted Apr 5, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 5, 2024
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2011
Sep 2, 2011
No longer in force
Apr 5, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016
Term would have run to
Sep 2, 2031
Sep 2, 2031
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,645,978, to Sep 2, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 Sep 2, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 2, 2011, when application 13/224,415, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2013) | Sep 2, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,645,978) | resolves to Sep 2, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 5, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 5, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,645,978 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 9,305,012 | this patent Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 9,965,542 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 10,430,443 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,769,177 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,372,897 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 17/825,658 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53867, frame 581 | Pure Storage, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2025 Reel 71558, frame 523 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Pure Storage, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,645,978, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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