Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2024 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Sep 7, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 4, 2023
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Black Duck Software, Inc.
Filed Dec 20, 2007 as application 11/961,975 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term plus 1739 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2028
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2003
Dec 4, 2003
Term ends
Sep 7, 2028
Sep 7, 2028
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 2016
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
1,739
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
This patent's term runs 1739 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 4, 2003, when applications 10/728,173 and 10/728,174, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 20, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 4, 2023 | 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 | +1739 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 7, 2028 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 7, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,700,533 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 7,552,093 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2004/040453 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/326,806 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2007/000272 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,489,687 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application 14/169,949 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2008 Reel 20647, frame 807 | Pedersen, Palle M. | Black Duck Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 2, 2018 Reel 45411, frame 114 | Black Duck Software, Inc. | Synopsys, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2024 Reel 66664, frame 821 | Synopsys, Inc. | Software Integrity Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2024 Reel 68191, frame 490 | Software Integrity Group, Inc. | Black Duck Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 30, 2024 Reel 69083, frame 149 | Black Duck Software, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 7, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1739 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
40
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.