Lapsed Mar 1, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 13, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Veritas Technologies LLC
Filed Aug 14, 2007 as application 11/838,738 · Granted Mar 1, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 868 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 1, 2019
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2006
Jul 13, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Mar 1, 2011
Term would have run to
Nov 27, 2028
Nov 27, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
868
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
5
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 Nov 27, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 868 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jul 13, 2006, when application 11/457,317, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 14, 2007) | Jul 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +868 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 1, 2019 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 1, 2019 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,593,995 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,032,598 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 7,743,051 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,899,871 | this patent Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| US 8,392,409 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2007 Reel 19996, frame 219 | Kumar, Mohan; Rangan, Venkat | Clearwell Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2014 Reel 32381, frame 682 | Clearwell Systems Inc. | Symantec Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2016 Reel 37697, frame 412 | Symantec Corporation | Veritas US IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2016 Reel 37891, frame 1 | Veritas US IP Holdings LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 23, 2016 Reel 37891, frame 726 | Veritas US IP Holdings LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 18, 2016 Reel 38455, frame 752 | Veritas US IP Holdings LLC; Veritas Technologies LLC | Veritas Technologies LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Nov 30, 2020 Reel 54535, frame 814 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Veritas US IP Holdings, LLC | Termination and Release of Security in Patents at R/F 037891/0726 |
| Nov 25, 2024 Reel 69440, frame 84 | Bank of America, N.A., as Assignor | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Assignee | Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Dec 16, 2024 Reel 69712, frame 90 | Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral Agent | Veritas Technologies LLC (F/K/A Veritas US IP Holdings LLC) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 868 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
227
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.