Blackboard Inc.

13 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

5 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 3 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Dec 2027

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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.

1 fee due Aug 23, 2027
The maintenance fee for Orientation Aware Application Demonstration Interface (US 9,269,324) comes due Aug 23, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 23, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Sep 8, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and System for Displaying Plural Notifications from Plural Sources (US 9,280,759) comes due Sep 8, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 8, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,745,222	Content System and Associated Methods In force Term ends Dec 30, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 30, 2027	High confidence
US 8,315,893	Method and System for Selective Deployment of Instruments Within an Assessment Management System In force Term ends Jun 26, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 26, 2028	High confidence
US 8,340,991	Method and System for Flexible Modeling of a Multi-Level Organization for Purposes of Assessment In force Term ends Dec 18, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 18, 2028	High confidence
US 7,788,207	Systems and Methods for Integrating Educational Software Systems In force Term ends Feb 28, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 28, 2029	High confidence
US 8,265,968	Method and System for Curriculum Planning and Curriculum Mapping In force Term ends Nov 17, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 17, 2029	High confidence
US 8,271,420	Systems and Methods for Integrating Educational Software Systems In force Term ends Jan 9, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 9, 2030	High confidence
US 8,326,659	Method and System for Assessment Within a Multi-Level Organization In force Term ends Jan 22, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 22, 2030	High confidence
US 8,700,508	Systems and Methods for Providing Spending Information and Budgeting Recommendations to Students In force Term ends Apr 2, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 2, 2030	High confidence
US 8,340,993	Method and System for Importing and Exporting Assessment Project Related Data In force Term ends Jan 5, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 5, 2031	High confidence
US 9,280,759	Method and System for Displaying Plural Notifications from Plural Sources In force Term ends Feb 26, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 26, 2031	High confidence

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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