Term ends Jun 13, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 7, 2031
Held by Entit Software LLC
Filed Jun 7, 2011 as application 13/155,156 · Granted Jun 11, 2019
Base term plus 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2035
Clock starts
Jun 7, 2011
Jun 7, 2011
Term ends
Jun 13, 2035
Jun 13, 2035
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Jun 11, 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
1,467
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
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 1467 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Jun 7, 2011, when this application, 13/155,156, was filed | Jun 7, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1467 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 13, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 13, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,318,932 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| Application PCT/US2012/040537 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2011 Reel 26404, frame 112 | Bower, Mark F.; Pauker, Matthew J.; Spies, Terence | Voltage Security Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2014 Reel 32170, frame 273 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 27, 2015 Reel 35110, frame 726 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Voltage Security, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51198, frame 611 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51199, frame 74 | Voltage Security, LLC; Entit Software LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 8, 2019 Reel 50004, frame 1 | Entit Software LLC | Micro Focus LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 30, 2019 Reel 50570, frame 537 | Voltage Security, LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger |
| Sep 30, 2019 Reel 51789, frame 897 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 2, 2020 Reel 52295, frame 41 | Micro Focus LLC; Borland Software Corporation; Micro Focus Software Inc.; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62624, frame 449 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.); Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052294/0522 |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62625, frame 754 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.); Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052295/0041 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052294/0522 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052294/0522 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052294/0522 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052295/0041 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052295/0041 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 052295/0041 |
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 13, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
380
later US patents cite this one
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