Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2023 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).
Term ends Sep 14, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 20, 2039
Held by Hyland Software Inc.
Filed Sep 9, 2019 as application 16/564,665 · Granted Dec 21, 2021
Base term plus 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2019
Aug 20, 2019
Term ends
Sep 14, 2039
Sep 14, 2039
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Dec 21, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
25
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.
6
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 25 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 Aug 20, 2019, when application 16/545,628, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 9, 2019) | Aug 20, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +25 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 14, 2039 | 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 | Sep 14, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,144,338 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 11,204,789 | this patent Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 11,809,887 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 11,720,381 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,299,466 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 12,314,746 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2020 Reel 53191, frame 39 | Hinton, Edward; Pulito, Frank; Giannone, Greg; Ferrin, Jonathan; Chupka, Zachary | Hyland Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2023 Reel 64952, frame 333 | Hyland Software, Inc. | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2039
Term ends Sep 14, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2021 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.