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Estimating Demand for a Supply Chain According to Order Lead Time

US 7,827,049 in-force Blue Yonder Group Inc · Filed Apr 29, 2004 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Also listed on Jda Technologies US, Inc., which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 25, 2027 · Medium confidence

Base term plus 1697 days of PTA · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 15 months
2004 2027
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2004
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Term ends
Dec 25, 2027
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 7, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
1,697
Days of PTA
1
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 1697 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How this date was computed

Every step shows its rule, its input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Apr 29, 2004Apr 29, 2024High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+1697 days, USPTO PTA recordDec 21, 2028High
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,941,331)capped to Dec 25, 2027Medium
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 25, 2027Medium

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2004-04-29+20y | =2024-04-29 | PTA+1697d=2028-12-21 | PTE:none | TD:approved | paid 4yr@2014-11-03,8yr@2018-11-01,12yr@2022-11-01 | status=in-force@2027-12-25 | TD-cap from disclaimer doc (refs 7941331) -> 2027-12-25
terminal disclaimer approved - true expiration may be capped to family sibling

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 29, 2004
reel/frame not recorded
Dogan, Koray; Najmi, Adeel; Raman, RameshI2 Technologies US, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Jda Technologies US, Inc.Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as AgentPatent Security Agreement
Jun 21, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
I2 Technologies US, IncJda Technologies US, IncAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 12, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Jda Technologies US, Inc.Jda Software Group, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 21, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLCJda Technologies US, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Jan 2, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Jda Software Group, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Oct 12, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Jda Software Group, Inc.; RP Crown Holding LLC; RP Crown Parent, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Oct 12, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchJda Software Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 29556/0697
Oct 12, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchJda Software Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 29556/0809
Apr 14, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Jda Software Group, Inc.Blue Yonder Group, Inc.Change of Name
Aug 3, 2020
Reel 53383, frame 117
Blue Yonder Group, Inc.U.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Dec 12, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
I2 Technologies US, Inc.Jda Technologies US, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Conveying and Receiving Parties to Include a Period After the Term Inc Previously Recorded on Reel 026468 Frame 0199. Assignor(s) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name from I2 Technologies US, Inc. to Jda Technologies US, Inc..
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The 1697 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap

This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,941,331.

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