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Gusto, Inc.

81 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.

Previously recorded as ZenPayroll, Inc. (to 2025)

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Ending by 2030
Nov 2027
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When these terms end

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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 Jan 4, 2027
    The maintenance fee for User Provisioning Management in a Database System (US 11,694,214) comes due Jan 4, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 6, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Feb 8 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 8
  • 1 fee due Mar 22, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Data Protection for Variable Length Records by Utilizing High Performance Block Storage Metadata (US 9,141,477) comes due Mar 22, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 22, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Apr 3 to 17, 2027 · next Apr 3
  • 1 fee due May 14, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Automated Field Placement For Uploaded Documents (US 11,816,155) comes due May 14, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tagging and Auditing Sensitive Information in a Database Environment (US 10,521,605) comes due Jun 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Jul 2 to 7, 2027 · next Jul 2
  • 2 fees due Aug 20, 2027
  • 2 fees due Sep 19 to 26, 2027 · next Sep 19
  • 1 fee due Oct 2, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tagging and Auditing Sensitive Information in a Database Environment (US 11,947,704) comes due Oct 2, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 3, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was 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 7,792,866Method and System for Querying Structured Documents Stored in Their Native Format in a Database
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,886,159Selecting Portions of Computer-Accessible Documents for Post-Selection Processing
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 10,089,390System and Method to Extract Models from Semi-Structured Documents
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,930,686Deduplication of Encrypted Data
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,141,477Data Protection for Variable Length Records by Utilizing High Performance Block Storage Metadata
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,528,528Supporting Multi-Tenant Applications on a Shared Database Using Pre-Defined Attributes
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,303,786Retrieving and Displaying Data from a Columnar Database
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,012,231Authenticated Copying of Encryption Keys Between Secure Zones
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,996,293Dynamic Management of Memory Allocation in a Database
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,151,136Dynamic Management of Memory Allocation in a Database
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 81: 1 patent in force now held by others · 20 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.
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