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Process Automation System and Method Employing Multi-Stage Report Generation

US 8,042,089 In force
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Also listed on Electric Cloud, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 24, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Oct 3, 2006 as application 11/543,367 · Granted Oct 18, 2011
Base term plus 1268 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2030
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Term ends
Mar 24, 2030
Granted
Oct 18, 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
1,268
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.
2
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This patent's term runs 1268 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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 3, 2006, when this application, 11/543,367, was filedOct 3, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1268 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 24, 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 orderMar 24, 2030High confidence

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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 4, 2011
Reel 26070, frame 332
Ousterhout, John; Wallgren, Anders; Tamhankar, Sandeep; Stanton, Scott; Muzaffar, UsmanElectric Cloud, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 5, 2016
Reel 39255, frame 292
Electric Cloud, Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Interest
Dec 23, 2016
Reel 40759, frame 644
Electric Cloud, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Dec 28, 2016
Reel 40787, frame 473
Comerica BankElectric Cloud, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 30, 2016
Reel 40811, frame 173
Electric Cloud, Inc.WF Fund V Limited PartnershipSecurity Interest
Jan 9, 2018
Reel 45028, frame 880
WF Fund V Limited Partnership, C/O/B/ as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund VCanadian Imperial Bank of CommerceAssignment and Assumption of Security Interests
Apr 12, 2019
Reel 48870, frame 890
Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceElectric Cloud, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 12, 2019
Reel 48870, frame 921
Western Alliance BankElectric Cloud, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 29, 2019
Reel 49314, frame 377
Cloudbees, Inc.Golub Capital LLC, as Administrative AgentSecond Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 1, 2020
Reel 52804, frame 275
Electric Cloud, Inc.Cloudbees, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2020
Reel 53045, frame 442
Electric Cloud, Inc.Cloudebees, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 24, 2021
Reel 58207, frame 183
Cloudbees, Inc.Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLCSecurity Interest
Nov 29, 2021
Reel 58252, frame 867
Golub Capital LLC, as AgentCloudbees, Inc.; Electric Cloud, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Nov 29, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Golub Capital LLC, as AgentCloudbees, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Nov 29, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Golub Capital LLC, as AgentElectric Cloud, Inc.Termination and Release of Second Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 9, 2026
Reel 74010, frame 480
Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLCCloudbees, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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