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Black Duck Software, Inc.

106 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 2 fees due Jan 23, 2027
  • 2 fees due Feb 13 to 18, 2027 · next Feb 13
  • 2 fees due Mar 17 to 22, 2027 · next Mar 17
  • 1 fee due Apr 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System and Method for Auditing a Graph-Based API (US 11,775,363) comes due Apr 3, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 4, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due May 12 to 28, 2027 · next May 12
  • 2 fees due Jun 3 to 8, 2027 · next Jun 3
  • 1 fee due Jul 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and Apparatus for Managing Security Vulnerability Lifecycles (US 9,239,745) comes due Jul 19, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 19, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for System for Testing Computer Application (US 9,258,320) comes due Aug 9, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 9, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Sep 8 to 26, 2027 · next Sep 8
  • 5 fees due Oct 2 to 21, 2027 · next Oct 2
  • 1 fee due Nov 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for Testing Computer Program Product (US 10,650,145) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,631,294Notification System for Source Code Discovery
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,447,703Collection Information Manager
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,681,045Software Algorithm Identification
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,621,639Using Fuzzy Classification Models to Perform Matching Operations in a Web Application Security Scanner
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,863,280Automatic Response Culling for Web Application Security Scan Spidering Process
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,281,401System for Detecting Vulnerabilities in Web Applications Using Client-Side Application Interfaces
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,010,803Methods and Apparatus for Automated Export Compliance
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,010,538Methods and Systems for Reporting Regions of Interest in Content Files
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,489,687Methods and Systems for Managing Software Development
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,762,961Methods for Selectively Pruning False Paths in Graphs That Use High-Precision State Information
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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