Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 20, 2015 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Aug 29, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2029
Held by Catalogic Software, Inc.
Filed Jan 6, 2009 as application 12/349,069 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term plus 600 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Aug 29, 2030
Aug 29, 2030
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012
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
600
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.
3
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 600 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
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 Jan 6, 2009, when this application, 12/349,069, was filed | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +600 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 29, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 29, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,161,254 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,769,222 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application 14/284,164 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2009 Reel 22064, frame 93 | Liu, Peter Chi-Hsuing, MR. | Syncsort Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2010 Reel 24678, frame 539 | Syncsort Incorporated | Gci Capital Markets LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 23, 2014 Reel 33158, frame 76 | Syncsort Incorporated | DPX Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2014 Reel 33217, frame 48 | DPX Corp. | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 15, 2014 Reel 33329, frame 334 | Cgi Capital Markets LLC | Gci Capital Markets, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 20, 2015 Reel 36397, frame 29 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2016 Reel 41187, frame 473 | Golub Capital Markets LLC, Formerly Known as Gci Capital Markets LLC | Syncsort Incorporated | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 24678/0539 |
| Sep 19, 2019 Reel 50433, frame 90 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56325, frame 719 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2021 Reel 56551, frame 581 | Western Alliance Bank | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 29, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 600 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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