Lapsed Jan 9, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 18, 2025
Why Medium: The lapse is dated by USPTO's status record, since no fee event dates it.
Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jan 9, 2023 · the fee record holds no event that dates the missed window.
Held by Salesforce, Inc.
Filed May 25, 2010 as application 12/787,342 · Granted Dec 7, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 9, 2023
2005
2026
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2005
Mar 18, 2005
No longer in force
Jan 9, 2023
Jan 9, 2023
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 7, 2010
Term would have run to
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,720,822, to Mar 18, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
33
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 18, 2025: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 18, 2005, when application 11/084,759, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 25, 2010) | Mar 18, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,720,822) | resolves to Mar 18, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | no event dates the lapse | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jan 9, 2023 | lapsed Jan 9, 2023 | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 9, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,720,822 | In force (reinstated) Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,940,929 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 7,844,641 | In force (reinstated) Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,849,062 | this patent Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| US 7,925,638 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,019,734 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,933,934 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Application 12/944,554 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2010 Reel 24721, frame 417 | Sengupta, Arijit; Stronger, Brad A. | Beyondcore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2015 Reel 37312, frame 205 | Beyondcore, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39618, frame 624 | Silicon Valley Bank | Beyondcore, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2016 Reel 39827, frame 534 | Beyondcore, Inc.; Beacon Acquisition Sub LLC | Beyondcore Holdings, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 27, 2020 Reel 53608, frame 657 | Beyondcore Holdings, LLC | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2024 Reel 69270, frame 655 | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Salesforce, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,720,822, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.