Term ended Jun 30, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2026
Held by Open Text Inc.
Filed May 23, 2022 as application 17/751,275 · Granted Apr 22, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 30, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2006
Jun 30, 2006
Term ended
Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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 11,379,582, to Jun 30, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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 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. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 30, 2006, when application 11/477,807, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2022) | Jun 30, 2026 | 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 11,379,582) | resolves to Jun 30, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 30, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,418,250 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,763,123 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,726,389 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 10,803,170 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 11,379,582 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 12,282,549 | this patent Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60105, frame 350 | Morris, Melvyn; Stubbs, Paul; Hartwig, Markus; Harter, Darren | Prevx Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60283, frame 454 | Prevx Limited | Webroot Solutions Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60105, frame 827 | Webroot Solutions Ltd. | Webroot Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64167, frame 129 | Webroot LLC | Carbonite, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64176, frame 622 | Webroot Inc. | Webroot LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Jul 6, 2023 Reel 64351, frame 178 | Carbonite, LLC | Open Text Inc. | Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,379,582, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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