Micro Focus Software Inc.
49 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 2 name spellings.
Previously recorded as Novell, Inc. (to 2016)
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Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
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.
- 2 fees due Dec 9 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 9
- 1 fee due Feb 11, 2027The maintenance fee for Meta-Directory Control and Evaluation of Events (US 9,104,706) comes due Feb 11, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 11, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Mar 22 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 22
- 1 fee due May 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Techniques for Secure Data Management in a Distributed Environment (US 9,195,836) comes due May 24, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 24, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Jun 8, 2027
- 2 fees due Jul 26, 2027
- 1 fee due Sep 29, 2027The maintenance fee for Techniques for Dynamic Disk Personalization (US 9,298,488) comes due Sep 29, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 29, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 19, 2027The maintenance fee for Techniques for Validating Services for Deployment in an Intelligent Workload Management System (US 9,317,407) comes due Oct 19, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 19, 2028, it lapses early.
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 7,752,317 | Workstation Virus Lockdown in a Distributed Environment In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,180,894 | System and Method for Policy-Based Registration of Client Devices In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,352,935 | System for Creating a Customized Software Distribution Based on User Requirements In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,195,836 | Techniques for Secure Data Management in a Distributed Environment In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,774,826 | System and Method for Determining Effective Policy Profiles in a Client-Server Architecture In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,219,807 | Fine Grained Access Control for Linux Services In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,793,101 | Verifiable Virtualized Storage Port Assignments for Virtual Machines In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 8,281,323 | Techniques for Establishing Virtual Devices In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,774,568 | Clustered Snapshots in Networks In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,730,179 | System and Method for Policy-Based Registration of Client Devices In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 80: 49 patents in force now held by others · 249 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 64 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period. List them
Sources and methods
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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.
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