Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 8, 2019 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Term ends Jan 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 11, 2025
Held by Upland Software, Inc.
Filed Mar 11, 2005 as application 11/078,059 · Granted Dec 2, 2008
Base term plus 679 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2005
Mar 11, 2005
Term ends
Jan 19, 2027
Jan 19, 2027
Granted
Dec 2, 2008
Dec 2, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
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
679
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.
7
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 679 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 11, 2005, when this application, 11/078,059, was filed | Mar 11, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +679 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 19, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,460,480 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,335,232 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,831,580 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2009/053457 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,842,568 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,804,758 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,831,581 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2005 Reel 17167, frame 625 | I2 International, Inc. (Washington Corp.); I2 International, Inc. (Delaware Corp.) | Troon & Co. | Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2007 Reel 19474, frame 639 | Troon & Co. | I2 Telecom International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2008 Reel 21662, frame 870 | Ali, Awais | I2TELECOM International, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 3, 2009 Reel 23180, frame 642 | I2 Telecom International, Inc. | I2 Telecom IP Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2012 Reel 28286, frame 704 | I2 Telecom IP Holdings, Inc. | Geos Communications IP Holdings, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 20, 2013 Reel 29842, frame 527 | Troon & Co. | I2 Telecom International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2015 Reel 36636, frame 567 | Geos Communications IP Holdings, Inc. | Augme Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 23, 2015 Reel 36666, frame 792 | Augme Technologies, Inc. | Hipcricket, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 24, 2016 Reel 38091, frame 314 | Hipcricket, Inc. | Upland Software III, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2016 Reel 39163, frame 323 | Upland Software III, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41047, frame 411 | Upland Software III, LLC | Upland Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 24, 2017 Reel 41370, frame 411 | Upland Software, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2019 Reel 49990, frame 19 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Upland Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2019 Reel 50002, frame 536 | Upland Software, Inc.; Upland Software I, Inc.; Upland Software IV, LLC; Upland Software V, Inc.; Upland Software VI, Inc.; Upland Software VII, Inc.; Upland IX, LLC; Ultriva, LLC; Advanced Processing & Imaging, Inc.; Omtool, Ltd.; Rightanswers, Inc.; Waterfall International Inc.; Qvidian Corporation; References-Online, Inc.; Adestra Inc.; Postup Holdings, LLC; Postup Digital, LLC; Daily Inches, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Security Interest |
| Mar 25, 2025 Reel 70626, frame 779 | Upland Software Inc.; Upland Software VII, LLC; Omtool, Ltd.; Waterfall International, Inc.; Qvidian Corporation; References- Online, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2025 Reel 72126, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Upland Software, Inc. | Partial Release Reel/Frame 050002/0536 |
| Jul 24, 2025 Reel 72248, frame 588 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Upland Software, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interests in Patents at Reel/Frame 050002/0536 |
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Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 679 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
158
later US patents cite this one
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