Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 30, 2023 (The Bank of New York Mellon).
Term ends Oct 5, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 4, 2025
Held by Open Text S.A. ULC
Filed Mar 4, 2005 as application 11/072,687 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term plus 2041 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2030
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2005
Mar 4, 2005
Term ends
Oct 5, 2030
Oct 5, 2030
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 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
2,041
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 2041 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 Mar 4, 2005, when this application, 11/072,687, was filed | Mar 4, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2041 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 5, 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 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 5, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,260,764 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,903,799 | Term ended no later than Mar 2025 | no later than Mar 2025 |
| US 9,721,016 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2007 Reel 19985, frame 890 | Gruber, Thomas Robert | Vignette Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2010 Reel 23768, frame 708 | Vignette Corporation (4%) | Vignette Software LLC | Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement |
| Jan 11, 2010 Reel 24006, frame 1 | Vignette Corporation (96%) | Vignette LLC | Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement |
| Jan 14, 2010 Reel 23792, frame 470 | Vignette LLC (96%) | Vignette Software LLC | Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement |
| Oct 12, 2011 Reel 27077, frame 423 | Vignette Software, LLC | Vignette Corporation | Merger |
| Oct 13, 2011 Reel 27091, frame 9 | Vignette Corporation | Vignette Operating, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Oct 14, 2011 Reel 27066, frame 773 | Vignette Operating, LLC | Vignette Partnership, LP | Certificate of Conversion |
| Dec 19, 2011 Reel 27483, frame 205 | Vignette Partnership, LP | Open Text S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40019, frame 627 | Open Text S.A. | OT IP Sub, LLC | IP Business Sale Agreement |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40019, frame 500 | Op IP Sub, LLC | IP OT Sub ULC | Certificate of Continuance |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40019, frame 578 | IP OT Sub ULC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Certificate of Amalgamation |
| May 7, 2023 Reel 63559, frame 758 | Open Text S.A. ULC | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64761, frame 256 | Open Text S.A. ULC | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67807, frame 53 | Barclays Bank PLC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 063559/0628) |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 5, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2041 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
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