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US 7,940,929 In force
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Also listed on Beyondcore, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 20, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Nov 23, 2005 as application 11/286,080 · Granted May 10, 2011
Base term plus 1093 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2028
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2005
Term ends
Nov 20, 2028
Granted
May 10, 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
1,093
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.
33
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 1093 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 23, 2005, when this application, 11/286,080, was filedNov 23, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1093 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 20, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 20, 2028High confidence

This family

US 7,720,822In force (reinstated)
Jul 2027
Jul 2027
US 7,940,929this patent
Nov 2028
Nov 2028
US 7,844,641In force (reinstated)
Jul 2027
Jul 2027
US 7,849,062Lapsed (fee unpaid)
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
US 7,925,638Term ended
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
US 8,019,734Term ended
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
US 7,933,934Term ended
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
Application 12/944,554Abandoned
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 9, 2009
Reel 22530, frame 91
Sengupta, ArijitBeyondcore, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 1, 2015
Reel 37312, frame 205
Beyondcore, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Sep 1, 2016
Reel 39618, frame 624
Silicon Valley BankBeyondcore, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 22, 2016
Reel 39827, frame 534
Beyondcore, Inc.; Beacon Acquisition Sub LLCBeyondcore Holdings, LLCMerger and Change of Name
Aug 27, 2020
Reel 53608, frame 657
Beyondcore Holdings, LLCSalesforce.com, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2024
Reel 69268, frame 555
Salesforce.com, Inc.Salesforce, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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