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Goal-Oriented Predictive Scheduling in a Grid Environment

US 7,844,969 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Platform Computing Partnership, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 31, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jun 17, 2004 as application 10/871,502 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term plus 1748 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2029
Clock starts
Jun 17, 2004
Term ends
Mar 31, 2029
Granted
Nov 30, 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
1,748
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 1748 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 17, 2004, when this application, 10/871,502, was filedJun 17, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1748 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 31, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 31, 2029High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 23, 2004
Reel 15694, frame 321
Bigagli, David; Yuan, Shutao; Pang, JamesPlatform Computing CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2012
Reel 28683, frame 434
Platform Computing CorporationPlatform Computing PartnershipAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 2, 2012
Reel 28724, frame 648
Platform Computing CorporationPlatform Computing PartnershipAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 17, 2012
Reel 28808, frame 347
Platform Computing PartnershipIBM International Group B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 30, 2012
Reel 28864, frame 933
IBM International Group B. V.International Business Machines CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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