Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ended Mar 28, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 28, 2026
Held by Precisely Software Incorporated
Filed Feb 17, 2010 as application 12/706,857 · Granted Dec 14, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Mar 28, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2006
Mar 28, 2006
Term ended
Mar 28, 2026
Mar 28, 2026
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Dec 14, 2010
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.
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.
15
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Mar 28, 2006, when application 11/390,065, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 17, 2010) | Mar 28, 2026 | 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 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,684,612 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,542,039 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,757,116 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/017140 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,853,070 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 8,321,447 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,429,450 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 8,200,005 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 15 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 22, 2019 Reel 49812, frame 695 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51383, frame 336 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51383, frame 344 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 254 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52323, frame 304 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56304, frame 891 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 56305, frame 117 | Bank of America, N.A., as Existing Agent | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section. Patent Numbers 10003946 and 10119825 Were Incorrectly Designated as Application Numbers. Previously Recorded on Reel 052323 Frame 0304. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Security Interest in Patents. |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56038, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 Reel 56107, frame 233 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc.; Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated); Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vision Solutions, Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Precisely Software Incorporated (F/K/A Syncsort Incorporated) | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 26, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral Agent | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 11, 2022 Reel 59236, frame 593 | Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Precisely Software Incorporated | Merger |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 370 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 17, 2025 Reel 72019, frame 382 | Precisely Software Incorporated; Visions Solutions, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Software Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 15, 2025 Reel 72578, frame 301 | Berrill, Arthur R. | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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