Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 12, 2024 (Computershare Trust Company, National Association).
Term ends Sep 14, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 31, 2038
Held by Ukg Inc.
Filed Mar 23, 2020 as application 16/827,089 · Granted Dec 27, 2022
Base term plus 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Term ends
Sep 14, 2038
Sep 14, 2038
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Dec 27, 2022
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
141
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,599,767.
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.
3
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 141 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 31, 2018, when application 15/994,869, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 23, 2020) | May 31, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 19, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,599,767) | capped to Sep 14, 2038 | 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, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,599,767 | In force Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 11,537,793 | this patent Sep 2038 | Sep 2038 |
| US 12,406,138 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2020 Reel 52198, frame 18 | Maliani, John A.; Vanderwall, Robert L.; Mattera, Michael L.; Santiago, Dionny; Muras, Brian R.; Briggs, Keith A.; Adamo, David; King, Tariq M. | The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2020 Reel 53117, frame 158 | The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.; Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Jun 9, 2022 Reel 60329, frame 437 | The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. | Ukg Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 12, 2024 Reel 66551, frame 941 | Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership; Ukg Inc. | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Feb 12, 2024 Reel 66551, frame 962 | Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership; Ukg Inc. | Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (NOTES) |
| Apr 9, 2024 Reel 67055, frame 814 | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC | Ukg Inc. (F/K/A the Ultimate Software Group, Inc.); Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership | Release (REEL 053117 / Frame 0158) |
| Apr 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC | Ukg Inc. (F/K/A the Ultimate Software Group, Inc.) | Release (REEL 053117 / Frame 0158) |
| Apr 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC | Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership | Release (REEL 053117 / Frame 0158) |
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What's changing
Sep 2038
Term ends Sep 14, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,599,767.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.