Collateral for a security interest recorded May 31, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 20, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2030
Held by Aurea Software, Inc.
Filed Jul 6, 2010 as application 12/831,237 · Granted May 5, 2020
Base term plus 569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2010
Apr 30, 2010
Term ends
Nov 20, 2031
Nov 20, 2031
Granted
May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020
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
569
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 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.
8
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 569 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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 Apr 30, 2010, when application 12/772,166, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2010) | Apr 30, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +569 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2031 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,805,840 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 10,643,227 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 10,546,311 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,403,654 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 11,475,469 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 12,020,271 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application 17/942,476 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/734,770 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2010 Reel 25523, frame 956 | Gupta, Amit; Prospero, Michael; Mohanty, Binay; Gupta, Aparna; Cooke, David | Firstrain, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35314, frame 927 | Firstrain, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43811, frame 476 | Firstrain, Inc. | Ignite Firstrain Solutions, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 28, 2019 Reel 48157, frame 800 | Ignite Firstrain Solutions, Inc.; Aurea Software, Inc. | Aurea Software, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 31, 2022 Reel 60220, frame 673 | Aurea Software, Inc.; Nextdocs Corporation,; Messageone, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 20, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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