Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 12, 2024 (Computershare Trust Company, National Association).
Term ends May 7, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 26, 2038
Held by Ukg Inc.
Filed Sep 8, 2020 as application 17/014,508 · Granted Apr 9, 2024
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018
Term ends
May 7, 2038
May 7, 2038
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Apr 9, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
70
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 70 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Feb 26, 2018, when application 15/905,362, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2020) | Feb 26, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 7, 2038 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 7, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,769,056 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 11,954,461 | this patent May 2038 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2022 Reel 61158, frame 332 | Briggs, Keith A.; Muras, Brian R.; Ferguson, Andrew | The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2022 Reel 61493, frame 748 | 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) |
| Feb 12, 2024 Reel 66552, frame 29 | Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership; Ukg Inc. | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Apr 9, 2024 Reel 67055, frame 917 | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC | Ukg Inc.; Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership | Release (REEL 066552 / Frame 0029) |
| Apr 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC | Ukg Inc. | Release (REEL 066552 / Frame 0029) |
| Apr 9, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC | Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership | Release (REEL 066552 / Frame 0029) |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 7, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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