Term ends Dec 10, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 31, 2023
Held by Imd Soft Ltd.
Filed Jan 31, 2003 as application 10/355,435 · Granted Dec 7, 2010
Base term plus 1409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2003
Jan 31, 2003
Term ends
Dec 10, 2026
Dec 10, 2026
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 7, 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
1,409
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.
2
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 1409 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 Jan 31, 2003, when this application, 10/355,435, was filed | Jan 31, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1409 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 2026 | 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 | Dec 10, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,848,935 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,930,213 | Term ended Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2003 Reel 14000, frame 830 | Gotlib, Phyllis; Schoenberg, Ido; Schoenberg, Roy | Imd Soft Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2007 Reel 18734, frame 27 | I.M.D. Soft Ltd. | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 13, 2012 Reel 28543, frame 512 | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. | I.M.D. Soft Ltd. | Release of 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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 10, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
149
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.