Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 2, 2014 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Oct 22, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 29, 2025
Held by Progress Software Corporation
Filed Nov 19, 2012 as application 13/680,877 · Granted Aug 8, 2017
Base term plus 327 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 22, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2005
Nov 29, 2005
Term ended
Oct 22, 2026
Oct 22, 2026
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Aug 8, 2017
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
327
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.
2
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 327 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 29, 2005, when application 11/290,678, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 19, 2012) | Nov 29, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +327 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 22, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,335,794 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,727,610 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2012 Reel 29524, frame 906 | Goodson, John; Steward, Rod; Biamonte, Mark; Conrad, Cheryl | Progress Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2013 Reel 29568, frame 95 | Goodson, John; Steward, Rob; Biamonte, Mark; Conrad, Cheryl | Progress Software Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of Assignor Rob Steward's Name on the Notice of Recordation Previously Recorded on Reel 029524 Frame 0906. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Spelling of the Name of Assignor Rod Steward Should Read Rob Steward.. |
| Dec 2, 2014 Reel 34504, frame 178 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2016 Reel 39633, frame 144 | Goodson, John; Steward, Robert; Biamonte, Mark; Conrad, Cheryl | Progress Software Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of Assignor Robert Steward's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 029568 Frame 0095. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Spelling of the Assignment. |
| Dec 18, 2017 Reel 44889, frame 325 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49031, frame 684 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 25, 2022 Reel 58840, frame 99 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2024 Reel 66762, frame 833 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72094, frame 790 | Progress Software Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 327 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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