Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2021 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Oct 22, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 20, 2021
Held by Microstratgegy Incorporated
Filed Jun 11, 2002 as application 10/166,044 · Granted Nov 16, 2010
Base term plus 2315 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2001
2027
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2001
Jun 20, 2001
Term ends
Oct 22, 2027
Oct 22, 2027
Granted
Nov 16, 2010
Nov 16, 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
2,315
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.
3
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 2315 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 20, 2001, when application 09/884,470, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2002) | Jun 20, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2315 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 22, 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 | Oct 22, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 09/884,470 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/043,258 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,836,178 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2002 Reel 13390, frame 129 | Foothill Capital Corporation | Microstrategy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2002 Reel 13585, frame 391 | Bedell, Jeffrey A.; Polana, Ramprasad; Li, Benjamin Z.; Ramachandran, Ramkumar; Orozco, Luis V.; Yuan, Jun | Microstrategy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2003 Reel 14342, frame 265 | Li, Wenfeng | Microstratgegy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2021 Reel 56647, frame 687 | Microstrategy Incorporated | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2024 Reel 69065, frame 539 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated; Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
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Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 22, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2315 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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