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US 8,032,598 In force
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Term ends Jun 2, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jan 23, 2007 as application 11/657,398 · Granted Oct 4, 2011
Base term plus 324 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2006
Term ends
Jun 2, 2027
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
base term patent term adjustment 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
324
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,593,995, to Jun 2, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 324 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 13, 2006, when application 11/457,317, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2007)Jul 13, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+324 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 2, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,593,995)resolves to Jun 2, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 2, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,593,995In force
Jan 2028
Jan 2028
US 8,032,598this patent
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
US 7,743,051Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
US 7,899,871Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
US 8,392,409In 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 7, 2014
Reel 32381, frame 682
Clearwell Systems Inc.Symantec CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 4, 2016
Reel 37697, frame 412
Symantec CorporationVeritas US IP Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 23, 2016
Reel 37891, frame 1
Veritas US IP Holdings LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 23, 2016
Reel 37891, frame 726
Veritas US IP Holdings LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 18, 2016
Reel 38455, frame 752
Veritas US IP Holdings LLC; Veritas Technologies LLCVeritas Technologies LLCMerger and Change of Name
Aug 20, 2020
Reel 54370, frame 134
Veritas Technologies LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 30, 2020
Reel 54535, frame 814
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentVeritas US IP Holdings, LLCTermination and Release of Security in Patents at R/F 037891/0726
Nov 25, 2024
Reel 69440, frame 84
Bank of America, N.A., as AssignorAcquiom Agency Services LLC, as AssigneeAssignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Dec 13, 2024
Reel 69634, frame 584
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 16, 2024
Reel 69712, frame 90
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLC (F/K/A Veritas US IP Holdings LLC)Release of Security Interest
Apr 22, 2026
Reel 74441, frame 626
Veritas Technologies LLCArctera US LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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