Also listed on Plumtree Software, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 12, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 14, 2024
Held by Oracle International Corporation
Filed Oct 14, 2004 as application 10/966,359 · Granted Aug 3, 2010
Base term plus 789 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2004
Oct 14, 2004
Term ends
Dec 12, 2026
Dec 12, 2026
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Aug 3, 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
789
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.
2
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 789 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 Oct 14, 2004, when this application, 10/966,359, was filed | Oct 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +789 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 12, 2026 | 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 | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,770,158 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2005/036069 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2005 Reel 15654, frame 746 | Osborne, John Alexander; Miller, Jeffrey Scott; McDermott, Adrian Peter; Aickin, Alexander Rothschild; Mani, Raja; Vydra, David | Plumtree Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2006 Reel 17198, frame 606 | Plumtree Software, Inc. | BEA Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2011 Reel 25986, frame 548 | BEA Systems, Inc. | Oracle International Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 12, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 789 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.