Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 16, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2026
Held by Precisely Software Incorporated
Filed Dec 28, 2006 as application 11/647,963 · Granted Apr 28, 2009
Base term plus 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2006
Dec 28, 2006
Term ends
Jul 16, 2027
Jul 16, 2027
Granted
Apr 28, 2009
Apr 28, 2009
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
200
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.
14
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 200 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 Dec 28, 2006, when this application, 11/647,963, was filed | Dec 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +200 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 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 | Jul 16, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,668,651 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 7,526,379 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,895,501 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 7,539,573 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,818,333 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,836,047 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,323,779 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,701,159 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
8 of 14 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2006 Reel 18774, frame 389 | Charlton, Berkley R.; Takahashi, David G.; Sears, Bryan D.; Bourland Ii, Freddie J. | Group 1 Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2019 Reel 49062, frame 654 | Group 1 Software Inc.; Pitney Bowes Mapinfo Corporation | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51383, frame 336 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51383, frame 344 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 254 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 304 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56304, frame 891 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56305, frame 117 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0304. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56038, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56107, frame 233 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59236, frame 593 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Precisely Software Incorporated | Merger |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 370 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 382 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 200 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
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