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Method and Apparatus for Using a Browser to Configure a Software Program

US 7,143,365 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Oracle America, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ended Apr 20, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Jun 18, 2002 as application 10/175,327 · Granted Nov 28, 2006
Base term plus 672 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Apr 20, 2024
2002 2026
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2002
Term ended
Apr 20, 2024
Granted
Nov 28, 2006
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events 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
672
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
28
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 672 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 18, 2002, when this application, 10/175,327, was filedJun 18, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+672 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 20, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 20, 2024High confidence

This family

Application 60/283,858Pending
not computed
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US 7,225,246Lapsed on the fee record
May 2019
May 2019
Application 10/016,522Abandoned
not computed
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Application 10/010,627Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 6,662,227Term ended
no later than Feb 2017
no later than Feb 2017
US 7,185,085Term ended
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 7,143,365this patent
Apr 2024
Apr 2024
US 7,206,838Term ended
no later than May 2017
no later than May 2017
8 of 28 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Sep 17, 2002
Reel 13301, frame 368
Gallella, Ron M.Netiq CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 4, 2005
Reel 16522, frame 700
Netiq CorporationWebtrends, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 5, 2005
Reel 15972, frame 647
Webtrends Inc.Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc.Security Agreement
May 20, 2011
Reel 26319, frame 1
Webtrends Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Mar 16, 2017
Reel 41598, frame 987
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCWebtrends Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 12, 2017
Reel 42775, frame 589
Webtrends Inc.Oracle America, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2018
Reel 46491, frame 477
Webtrends Inc.Oracle America, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Appl. No. 7185085 Previously Recorded at Reel: 042775 Frame: 0589. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Oct 14, 2018
Reel 47224, frame 165
Silicon Valley BankWebtrends, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 20, 2018
Reel 48174, frame 956
Oracle America, Inc.Oracle International CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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