Also listed on Hightail, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 29, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 29, 2036
Held by Open Text Inc.
Filed Jun 1, 2021 as application 17/335,805 · Granted Jan 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2016
Mar 29, 2016
Term ends
Mar 29, 2036
Mar 29, 2036
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,030,396, to Mar 29, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Mar 29, 2016, when application 15/084,000, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 1, 2021) | Mar 29, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,030,396) | resolves to Mar 29, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,606,941 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,030,396 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 11,875,108 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 12,585,864 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2021 Reel 57284, frame 297 | Biran, Daniel; Dean, Matthew Riley; Louie, David Gee; Fiedler, Justin | Hightail, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2021 Reel 57284, frame 361 | Hightail, Inc. | Open Text Holdings, Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 23, 2026 Reel 73861, frame 686 | Open Text Holdings, Inc. | Open Text Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 29, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,030,396, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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