Term ended Nov 30, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 5, 2023
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Flexera Software LLC
Filed Dec 7, 2006 as application 11/608,201 · Granted Mar 13, 2012
Base term plus 483 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 30, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2003
Aug 5, 2003
Term ended
Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
483
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 7,958,163, to Nov 30, 2024. 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.
6
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 483 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 were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 5, 2003, when application 10/635,840, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 5, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +483 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,958,163) | resolves to Nov 30, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 30, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,958,163 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,831,515 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,135,756 | this patent Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,180,681 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,499,009 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2009 Reel 22117, frame 931 | Intraware, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 20, 2011 Reel 25667, frame 309 | Bank Of Montreal, As Agent | Intraware, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25675, frame 817 | Intraware, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2011 Reel 27005, frame 201 | Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | Intraware, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Oct 5, 2011 Reel 27021, frame 68 | Intraware, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 5, 2011 Reel 27022, frame 216 | Intraware, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 7, 2013 Reel 29944, frame 473 | Brentano, James; Pieper, Toby; Martinelli, Paul; Thompson, Brad; Northing, Richard | Intraware, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2013 Reel 30081, frame 178 | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 027022/0216 |
| Mar 28, 2013 Reel 30111, frame 362 | Flexera Software LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement |
| May 8, 2013 Reel 30373, frame 907 | Intraware, Inc. | Flexera Software LLC | Merger |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32581, frame 652 | Bank of Montreal | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32590, frame 617 | Flexera Software LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32590, frame 805 | Flexera Software LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45441, frame 499 | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45447, frame 842 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Termination of 2ND Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0805 |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45447, frame 894 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Termination of 1ST Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0617 |
| Feb 27, 2018 Reel 45451, frame 499 | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Rightscale, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 Reel 52049, frame 560 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2021 Reel 55487, frame 354 | Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Rightscale, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Revulytics, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 Reel 67636, frame 534 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 Reel 72552, frame 558 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 483 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,958,163, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.