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System for Providing Intelligent Part of Speech Processing of Complex Natural Language

US 12,406,138 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 12, 2024 (Computershare Trust Company, National Association).

Term ends Jun 19, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Ukg Inc.
Filed Dec 23, 2022 as application 18/088,411 · Granted Sep 2, 2025
Base term plus 19 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
May 31, 2018
Term ends
Jun 19, 2038
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
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
19
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,599,767, US 11,537,793, to Jun 19, 2038. 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.
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 19 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 31, 2018, when application 15/994,869, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2022)May 31, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+19 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 19, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,599,767, US 11,537,793)resolves to Jun 19, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 19, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,599,767In force
Sep 2038
Sep 2038
US 11,537,793In force
Sep 2038
Sep 2038
US 12,406,138this patent
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 23, 2022
Reel 62198, frame 522
Maliani, John A.; Vanderwall, Robert L.; Mattera, Michael L.; Santiago, Dionny; Muras, Brian R.; Briggs, Keith A.; Adamo, David; King, Tariq M.Ultimate Software Group, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 23, 2022
Reel 62218, frame 770
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 AgentSecurity 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 AgentSecurity Agreement (NOTES)
Feb 12, 2024
Reel 66552, frame 29
Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership; Ukg Inc.Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement (Second Lien)
Apr 9, 2024
Reel 67055, frame 917
Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLCUkg Inc.; Kronos Technology Systems Limited PartnershipRelease (REEL 066552 / Frame 0029)
Apr 9, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLCUkg Inc.Release (REEL 066552 / Frame 0029)
Apr 9, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLCKronos Technology Systems Limited PartnershipRelease (REEL 066552 / Frame 0029)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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