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Term ends Apr 14, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Aug 3, 2005 as application 11/196,494 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term plus 1715 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2030
Clock starts
Aug 3, 2005
Term ends
Apr 14, 2030
Granted
Jun 14, 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
1,715
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.

This patent's term runs 1715 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 Aug 3, 2005, when this application, 11/196,494, was filedAug 3, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1715 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 14, 2030High 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 orderApr 14, 2030High confidence

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 42 recorded documents are shown; the 2 earliest are not. 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
Jan 11, 2007
Reel 18746, frame 234
Cobalt Holding Company; Intergraph Corporation; Cobalt Merger Corp.; Intergraph European Manufacturing, LLC; M & S Computing Investments, Inc.; Intergraph Disc, Inc.; Worldwide Services, Inc.; Intergraph (Italia), LLC; Intergraph Asia Pacific, Inc.; Intergraph China, Inc.; Intergraph Services Company; Intergraph Computer Systems Holding, Inc.; Daisy Systems International, Inc.; Intergraph DC Corporation - Subsidiary 3; Z/I Imaging Corporation; Intergraph Properties Company; Intergraph Hardware Technologies Company; Intergraph Software Technologies CompanyMorgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedSecond Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 3, 2011
Reel 25892, frame 28
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph Holding Company (F/K/A Cobalt Holding Company); Intergraph Corporation; Intergraph European Manufacturing, LLC; M&S Computing Investments, Inc.; Intergraph Disc, Inc.; Worldwide Services, Inc.; Intergraph (Italia), LLC; Intergraph Asia Pacific, Inc.; Intergraph China, Inc.; Intergraph Services Company; Intergraph DC Corporation - Subsidiary 3; Z/I Imaging Corporation; Intergraph PP&M US Holding, Inc.; Intergraph Technologies Company; Engineering Physics Software, Inc.; Coade Holdings, Inc.; Coade Intermediate Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
Reel 25892, frame 299
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph Holding Company (F/K/A Cobalt Holding Company); Intergraph Corporation; Intergraph European Manufacturing, LLC; M&S Computing Investments, Inc.; Intergraph Disc, Inc.; Worldwide Services, Inc.; Intergraph (Italia), LLC; Intergraph Asia Pacific, Inc.; Intergraph China, Inc.; Intergraph Services Company; Intergraph DC Corporation - Subsidiary 3; Z/I Imaging Corporation; Intergraph PP&M US Holding, Inc.; Intergraph Technologies Company; Engineering Physics Software, Inc.; Coade Holdings, Inc.; Coade Intermediate Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph Holding Company (F/K/A Cobalt Holding Company)Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph CorporationTermination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph European Manufacturing, LLCTermination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationM&S Computing Investments, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph Disc, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWorldwide Services, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph (Italia), LLCTermination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph Asia Pacific, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph China, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph Services CompanyTermination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph DC Corporation - Subsidiary 3Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationZ/I Imaging CorporationTermination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph PP&M US Holding, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntergraph Technologies CompanyTermination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationEngineering Physics Software, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationCoade Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Wachovia Bank, National AssociationCoade Intermediate Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph Holding Company (F/K/A Cobalt Holding Company)Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph CorporationTermination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph European Manufacturing, LLCTermination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedM&S Computing Investments, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph Disc, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedWorldwide Services, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph (Italia), LLCTermination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph Asia Pacific, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph China, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph Services CompanyTermination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph DC Corporation - Subsidiary 3Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedZ/I Imaging CorporationTermination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph PP&M US Holding, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedIntergraph Technologies CompanyTermination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedEngineering Physics Software, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedCoade Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedCoade Intermediate Holdings, Inc.Termination and Release of First Lien Intellectual Property Security Interest
Jun 14, 2024
Reel 67736, frame 802
Intergraph Software Technologies CompanyIntergraph Hardware Technologies CompanyMerger
Jun 14, 2024
Reel 67736, frame 867
Intergraph Technologies CompanyIntergraph CorporationMerger
Jun 14, 2024
Reel 67738, frame 13
Intergraph Hardware Technologies CompanyIntergraph Technologies CompanyChange of Name

Sources

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