Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2023 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).
Term ends Oct 28, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2027
Held by Saama Technologies, LLC
Filed Dec 19, 2007 as application 11/960,388 · Granted Sep 14, 2010
Base term plus 314 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2007
Dec 19, 2007
Term ends
Oct 28, 2028
Oct 28, 2028
Granted
Sep 14, 2010
Sep 14, 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
314
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.
This patent's term runs 314 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 19, 2007, when this application, 11/960,388, was filed | Dec 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +314 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 28, 2028 | 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 28, 2028 | High confidence |
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 19, 2007 Reel 20410, frame 912 | Srivastava, Ashok N | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2010 Reel 23893, frame 22 | Srivastava, Ashok N., DR. | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 44611, frame 981 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 21, 2019 Reel 48672, frame 577 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LP | Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2019 Reel 48672, frame 585 | Western Alliance Bank | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64119, frame 890 | Perceptive Credit Holdings II, L.P. | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jun 29, 2023 Reel 64165, frame 578 | Saama Technologies, Inc. | Saama Technologies, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64127, frame 314 | Saama Technologies, LLC | Hercules Capital, Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 28, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 314 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
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
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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.