Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2021 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Sep 16, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 12, 2024
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Microstrategy, Inc.
Filed Nov 18, 2004 as application 10/991,089 · Granted Dec 28, 2010
Base term plus 1404 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2004
Nov 12, 2004
Term ends
Sep 16, 2028
Sep 16, 2028
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 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
1,404
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 1404 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 Nov 12, 2004, when application 10/986,111, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 18, 2004); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 12, 2024 | 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 | +1404 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 16, 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 | Sep 16, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,861,253 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2005 Reel 16466, frame 9 | Lettington, Drew Thomas; Bedell, Jeffrey; Hurn, Gail Marie; Duyongco, Anna Victoria | Microstrategy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2021 Reel 56647, frame 687 | Microstrategy Incorporated | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2024 Reel 69065, frame 539 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated; Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1404 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.