Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 25, 2024 (PNC Bank, National Association).
Term ends Nov 22, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 14, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Filed Mar 12, 2007 as application 11/717,378 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term plus 647 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2007
Feb 14, 2007
Term ends
Nov 22, 2028
Nov 22, 2028
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
647
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.
91
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 647 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 14, 2007, when application 11/674,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 14, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +647 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 22, 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 | Nov 22, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,826,990 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 7,844,439 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/006195 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,036,872 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2015 | Oct 2015 |
| Application PCT/US2007/066567 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,840,395 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,959,006 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/072344 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 91 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2007 Reel 19257, frame 293 | Nasle, Adib; Nasle, Ali | Edsa Mirco Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2010 Reel 24823, frame 959 | Edsa Micro Corporation | DP Three LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 1, 2012 Reel 27649, frame 941 | Edsa Micro Corporation | Power Analytics Corporation | Change of Name |
| Aug 27, 2014 Reel 33645, frame 715 | DP Three LLC | Power Analytics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 39820, frame 257 | Power Analytics Corporation | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43133, frame 976 | Pacific Western Bank | Power Analytics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 30, 2019 Reel 49320, frame 881 | Power Analytics Corporation | Wavetech Global Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 31, 2021 Reel 57347, frame 629 | Wavetech Global, Inc. | Power Analytics Global Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2021 Reel 57356, frame 56 | Power Analytics Global Corporation | Easypower, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 Reel 62861, frame 494 | Easypower, LLC | Bentley Systems, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2024 Reel 69268, frame 42 | Bentley Systems, Incorporated | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 22, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 647 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
104
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.
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.