Lapsed Jan 10, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 7, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by SAP SE
Filed Jul 16, 2010 as application 12/837,808 · Granted Jan 10, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 10, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2004
Jul 7, 2004
No longer in force
Jan 10, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Jan 10, 2012
Term would have run to
Jul 7, 2024
Jul 7, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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 7, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 7, 2004, when application 10/885,007, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 16, 2010) | Jul 7, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,774,369 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,095,564 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 8,095,562 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 8,095,563 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2014 Reel 33625, frame 334 | SAP AG | SAP SE | Change of Name |
Sources
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Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.