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288 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
1 more in force is now held by another company
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Recent changes

  • 5 of the patents on this record were granted 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 8,656,843Pallets Rails and Methods for Making Same
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,140,513Methods and systems for open source collaboration in an application service provider environment
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,583,619Methods and systems for open source collaboration in an application service provider environment
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,519,526File management system and collaboration service and integration capabilities with third party applications
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,326,814Web-based file management system and service
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,892,905Real time notification of activities that occur in a web-based collaboration environment
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 11,973,609Real time notification of activities that occur in a web-based collaboration environment
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,015,601Batch Uploading of Content to a Web-Based Collaboration Environment
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,978,040Collaboration sessions in a workspace on a cloud-based content management system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,515,902Automatic and semi-automatic tagging features of work items in a shared workspace for metadata tracking in a cloud-based content management system with selective or optional user contribution
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 288: 1 patent in force now held by others · 3 lapsed for an unpaid fee. List them

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.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

21 pending · 1 abandoned · 9 no status recorded

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