Collateral for a security interest recorded May 24, 2023 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association).
Lapsed Oct 18, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 19, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Ims Software Services Ltd.
Filed May 18, 2010 as application 12/782,423 · Granted Oct 18, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 18, 2023
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2004
Jul 19, 2004
No longer in force
Oct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
Oct 18, 2011
Term would have run to
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,747,658, to Jul 19, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
3
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 Jul 19, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 19, 2004, when application 10/893,838, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 18, 2010) | Jul 19, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,747,658) | resolves to Jul 19, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 18, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 18, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,747,658 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,041,751 | this patent Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| Application 13/270,003 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35976, frame 481 | Ims Health Incorporated; Ims Software Services Ltd. | Bank of American, N.A., as Administraive Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2017 Reel 41529, frame 866 | Franklin, Dave; Blanton, Ilene; James, Mary Kay; Moyer, Kevin; Pennente, Kimberly | Ims Health Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2017 Reel 41530, frame 338 | Ims Health Incorporated | Ims Software Services Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2023 Reel 63745, frame 279 | Iqvia Inc.; Iqvia RDS Inc.; Ims Software Services Ltd.; Q Squared Solutions Holdings LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Security Interest |
| Nov 29, 2023 Reel 65709, frame 618 | Iqvia Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Security Interest |
| Nov 29, 2023 Reel 65710, frame 253 | Iqvia Inc.; Iqvia RDS Inc.; Ims Software Services Ltd.; Q Squared Solutions Holdings LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 6, 2023 Reel 65790, frame 781 | Iqvia Inc.; Iqvia RDS Inc.; Ims Software Services Ltd.; Q Squared Solutions Holdings LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Parties Inadvertently Not Included in Filing Previously Recorded at Reel: 065709 Frame: 618. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Mar 12, 2026 Reel 75047, frame 61 | Ims Software Services Ltd.; Iqvia Inc.; Iqvia RDS Inc.; Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 Reel 75844, frame 867 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Ims Software Services Ltd.; Iqvia Inc.; Iqvia RDS Inc.; Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Ims Software Services Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Iqvia Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Iqvia RDS Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,747,658, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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