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Term ends Sep 28, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jun 4, 2008 as application 12/132,772 · Granted Nov 27, 2012
Base term plus 1211 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2008
Term ends
Sep 28, 2031
Granted
Nov 27, 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
1,211
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.

This patent's term runs 1211 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 4, 2008, when this application, 12/132,772, was filedJun 4, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1211 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 28, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 28, 2031High confidence

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
Jun 24, 2008
Reel 21143, frame 490
Wen, Aihong; Walczak, DariusPros Revenue Management, L.p.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 3, 2012
Reel 28482, frame 411
Pros Revenue Management, L.p.Pros, Inc.Merger
Jul 5, 2012
Reel 28500, frame 875
Pros, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Jul 17, 2012
Reel 28571, frame 936
Pros Revenue Management, L.p.Pros, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of the Receiving Party Previously Recorded on Reel 028482 Frame 0411. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
Apr 7, 2022
Reel 59534, frame 323
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentPros, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 27, 2023
Reel 64404, frame 738
Pros, Inc.Texas Capital BankSecurity Interest
Dec 9, 2025
Reel 73152, frame 215
Texas Capital BankPros, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 9, 2025
Reel 73165, frame 617
Pros, Inc.; Pros Travel Commerce, Inc.; Pros Florida, LLCTCG Senior Funding L.L.C.Security Interest
Mar 6, 2026
Reel 74002, frame 431
Pros, Inc.; Pros France SASConga CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 22, 2026
Reel 74440, frame 829
Pros, Inc.; Pros France SASConga CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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