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US 10,284,627 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2022 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).

Term ends Nov 20, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Sep 9, 2013 as application 14/021,227 · Granted May 7, 2019
Base term plus 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
May 3, 2013
Term ends
Nov 20, 2033
Granted
May 7, 2019
base term patent term adjustment 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
201
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
30
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 runs 201 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 3, 2013, when application 13/886,889, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 9, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 3, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+201 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 20, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 20, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US 9,378,359In force
Oct 2032
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US 9,280,377In force
May 2033
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US 9,215,225In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 10,284,627this patent
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 14/022,935Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,650,303Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2026
Feb 2026
Application PCT/US2013/060047PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2013/060388PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 30 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 9, 2013
Reel 31165, frame 870
Lang, Zhongmin; Barton, Gary; Desai, Nitin; Walker, JamesCitrix Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 2022
Reel 62079, frame 1
Citrix Systems, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2022
Reel 62112, frame 262
Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Oct 7, 2022
Reel 62113, frame 1
Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Oct 7, 2022
Reel 62113, frame 470
Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Apr 14, 2023
Reel 63339, frame 525
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentCitrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.)Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001)
Apr 14, 2023
Reel 63340, frame 164
Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Apr 14, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentCitrix Systems, Inc.Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001)
Apr 14, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentCloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.)Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001)
May 24, 2024
Reel 67662, frame 568
Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 15, 2025
Reel 72488, frame 172
Cloud Software Group, Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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