Term ends Apr 28, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 28, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,698,781, US 9,292,275), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Suse LLC
Filed May 30, 2023 as application 18/325,907 · Granted Aug 13, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2010
Apr 28, 2010
Term ends
Apr 28, 2030
Apr 28, 2030
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Aug 13, 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 11,698,781, US 9,292,275, to Apr 28, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 28, 2010, when application 12/769,357, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 30, 2023) | Apr 28, 2030 | 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 11,698,781, US 9,292,275) | resolves to Apr 28, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 28, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,505,003 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,292,275 | In force no later than Oct 2030 | no later than Oct 2030 |
| US 11,698,781 | In force no later than Apr 2030 | no later than Apr 2030 |
| US 12,061,896 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 30, 2023 Reel 65083, frame 44 | Bowen, Peter | Novell, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2023 Reel 65083, frame 47 | Micro Focus Software Inc. | Suse LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2023 Reel 65087, frame 189 | Novell, Inc. | Micro Focus Software Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 28, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,698,781, US 9,292,275, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
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.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.