Term ends Oct 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2027
Held by Refinitiv US Organization LLC
Filed Jan 26, 2007 as application 11/627,814 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term plus 268 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2007
Jan 26, 2007
Term ends
Oct 21, 2027
Oct 21, 2027
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 2010
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
268
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.
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 runs 268 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 Jan 26, 2007, when this application, 11/627,814, was filed | Jan 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +268 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 21, 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 | Oct 21, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,689,494 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,844,523 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,515,848 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,666,862 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,812,379 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2007 Reel 18813, frame 430 | Torre, Nicolo G.; Rudd, Andrew T. | Advisor Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2020 Reel 53753, frame 838 | Advisor Software, Inc. | Refinitiv US LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 10, 2021 Reel 58070, frame 22 | Refinitiv US LLC | Refinitiv US Organization LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 268 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
156
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.