Term ends Apr 20, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 27, 2023
Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2003 as application 10/609,008 · Granted Sep 7, 2010
Base term plus 1393 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2003
Jun 27, 2003
Term ends
Apr 20, 2027
Apr 20, 2027
Granted
Sep 7, 2010
Sep 7, 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
1,393
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 1393 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 Jun 27, 2003, when this application, 10/609,008, was filed | Jun 27, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1393 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 20, 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 | Apr 20, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,792,844 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,738,609 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Application 12/022,779 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,170,993 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 9,053,215 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,529,859 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
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 28, 2003 Reel 14731, frame 293 | Error, Brett; Pestana, John | Omniture, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2009 Reel 22078, frame 141 | Omniture, Inc. | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 17, 2009 Reel 23525, frame 335 | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC | Omniture, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2009 Reel 23538, frame 77 | Omniture, Inc. | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48867, frame 882 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1393 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
97
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.
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