Lapsed Jun 8, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 15, 2022
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Micro Focus Software Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2002 as application 10/099,522 · Granted Jun 8, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1122 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 8, 2018
2002
2026
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2002
Mar 15, 2002
No longer in force
Jun 8, 2018
Jun 8, 2018
Granted
Jun 8, 2010
Jun 8, 2010
Term would have run to
Apr 10, 2025
Apr 10, 2025
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
1,122
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
82
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 10, 2025: its 20-year base term plus 1122 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 15, 2002, when this application, 10/099,522, was filed | Mar 15, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1122 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 10, 2025 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 8, 2018 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 8, 2018 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/276,369 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,370,351 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,987,421 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| Application 10/061,911 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,487,535 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 7,035,847 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2018 | Apr 2018 |
| US 7,734,826 | this patent Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 |
| US 7,890,639 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
8 of 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2002 Reel 12717, frame 943 | Brown, David K.; Rolander, Thomas A.; Silberstein, Robert D.; Wein, Josef | Novell, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2011 Reel 26270, frame 1 | Novell, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
| May 13, 2011 Reel 26275, frame 18 | Novell, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Grant of Patent Security Interest (Second Lien) |
| May 22, 2012 Reel 28252, frame 77 | Credit Suisse AG, as Collateral Agent | Novell, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents First Lien (Releases RF 026270/0001 and 027289/0727) |
| May 22, 2012 Reel 28252, frame 154 | Credit Suisse AG, as Collateral Agent | Novell, Inc. | Release of Security in Patents Second Lien (Releases RF 026275/0018 and 027290/0983) |
| May 23, 2012 Reel 28252, frame 216 | Novell, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest First Lien |
| May 23, 2012 Reel 28252, frame 316 | Novell, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest Second Lien |
| Nov 24, 2014 Reel 34469, frame 57 | Credit Suisse AG | Novell, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 028252/0316 |
| Nov 24, 2014 Reel 34470, frame 680 | Credit Suisse AG | Novell, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 028252/0216 |
| May 13, 2015 Reel 35656, frame 251 | Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Borland Software Corporation; Attachmate Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Novell, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40020, frame 703 | Novell, Inc. | Micro Focus Software Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 2, 2017 Reel 42388, frame 386 | Bank of America, N.A., as Prior Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent | Notice of Succession of Agency |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44183, frame 718 | Attachmate Corporation; Borland Software Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software, Inc.; Entit Software LLC; Arcsight, LLC; Serena Software, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 48793, frame 832 | Bank of America, N.A., as Prior Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct Typo in Application Number 10708121 Which Should Be 10708021 Previously Recorded on Reel 042388 Frame 0386. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Notice of Succession of Agency. |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62746, frame 399 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC); Borland Software Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Serena Software, Inc.; Attachmate Corporation; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.); Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62623, frame 9 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation; Attachmate Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Serena Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Note
The 1122 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
110
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.