Term ends Dec 19, 2026 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2026
Held by Omnissa, LLC
Filed Dec 11, 2017 as application 15/838,270 · Granted Feb 5, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2006
Dec 19, 2006
Term ends
Dec 19, 2026
Dec 19, 2026
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,779,091, US 8,010,701, US 9,841,882, to Dec 19, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 19, 2006, when application 11/643,020, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,779,091, US 8,010,701, US 9,841,882) | resolves to Dec 19, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 11643020, 11643020, 11643020 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 19, 2026 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,010,701 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,934,017 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,935,429 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,892,776 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,841,882 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,256,353 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 10,198,162 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2024 Reel 67102, frame 395 | Vmware, Inc. | Vmware LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68327, frame 365 | Vmware LLC | Omnissa, LLC | Patent Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 19, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,779,091, US 8,010,701, US 9,841,882, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.