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Apparatus and Method for Categorical Filtering of Data

US 8,195,695 in-force SAP Ireland Limited · Filed Dec 31, 2008 · Granted Jun 5, 2012

Term ends Mar 29, 2028

Base term plus 515 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires Mar 2028
2006 2028
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2006
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Term ends
Mar 29, 2028
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
515
Days of PTA
13
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 515 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Oct 31, 2006Oct 31, 2026High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+515 days, USPTO PTA recordMar 29, 2028High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 29, 2028High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2006-10-31+20y | =2026-10-31 | PTA+515d=2028-03-29 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2015-11-26,8yr@2019-11-27,12yr@2023-11-29 | status=in-force@2028-03-29

This family

US 7,493,330in-forceMar 2027
US 8,195,695this patentMar 2028
US 9,016,559in-forceOct 2032
US 8,504,589expired-feesAug 2025
Application PCT/US2013/029332pendingnot computed
US 8,832,153in-forceOct 2026
US 9,501,754in-forceApr 2032
US 9,665,846in-forceApr 2032

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
May 6, 2009
reel/frame not recorded
Cubranic, DavorBusiness Objects, S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 6, 2009
reel/frame not recorded
Business Objects, S.A.Busines Objects Software Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2026
Reel 74510, frame 354
Business Objects Software LimitedSAP Ireland LimitedChange of Name
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