Term ends Feb 20, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 6, 2026
Held by Micro Focus LLC
Filed Dec 6, 2006 as application 11/635,756 · Granted Jan 4, 2011
Base term plus 807 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2006
Dec 6, 2006
Term ends
Feb 20, 2029
Feb 20, 2029
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
Jan 4, 2011
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
807
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 807 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 Dec 6, 2006, when this application, 11/635,756, was filed | Dec 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +807 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 20, 2029 | 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 | Feb 20, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,864,952 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,855,296 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2006 Reel 18691, frame 944 | Pauker, Matthew J.; Spies, Terence; Martin, Luther W. | Voltage Security, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2008 Reel 20643, frame 69 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2009 Reel 22902, frame 722 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Voltage Security, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 7, 2014 Reel 32170, frame 273 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Voltage Security, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 27, 2015 Reel 35110, frame 726 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Voltage Security, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44183, frame 577 | Entit Software LLC; Arcsight, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44183, frame 718 | Attachmate Corporation; Borland Software Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software, Inc.; Entit Software LLC; Arcsight, LLC; Serena Software, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2018 Reel 47253, frame 802 | Voltage Security, LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger |
| Oct 22, 2018 Reel 47276, frame 434 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Entity Conversion and Change of Name |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51198, frame 611 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51199, frame 74 | Voltage Security, LLC; Entit Software LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 22, 2021 Reel 58569, frame 152 | Entit Software LLC | Micro Focus LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62746, frame 399 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC); Borland Software Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Serena Software, Inc.; Attachmate Corporation; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.); Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 63560, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0577 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Serena Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
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Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 20, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 807 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
85
later US patents cite this one
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