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Adaptive Query Throttling System and Method

US 8,321,447 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Winshuttle, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 15, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Mar 2, 2010 as application 12/716,162 · Granted Nov 27, 2012
Base term plus 378 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2031
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2010
Term ends
Mar 15, 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
378
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.
15
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 378 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 Mar 2, 2010, when this application, 12/716,162, was filedMar 2, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+378 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 15, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2031High confidence

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US 7,853,070Term ended
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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
Aug 10, 2011
Reel 26730, frame 423
Chalana, Vishal; Sidhu, Gurpreet SinghWinshuttle Software India PVT. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 16, 2011
Reel 26757, frame 684
Winshuttle Software India PVT. Ltd.Winshuttle, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 23, 2013
Reel 31074, frame 299
Winshuttle Software India PVT. Ltd.Winshuttle, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 5, 2018
Reel 45452, frame 313
Winshuttle, Inc.Winshuttle, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 5, 2018
Reel 45452, frame 216
Chalana, VikramWinshuttle, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 2, 2018
Reel 45694, frame 500
Winshuttle, LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Aug 9, 2019
Reel 50009, frame 537
Winshuttle, LLCObsidian Agency Services, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 12, 2019
Reel 50028, frame 566
Pnc Bank, National AssociationWinshuttle, LLCTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement
Jul 13, 2021
Reel 56846, frame 892
Winshuttle, LLC; Enterworks Acquisition, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 13, 2021
Reel 56847, frame 75
Winshuttle, LLC; Enterworks Acquisition, Inc.Barlcays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 14, 2021
Reel 57106, frame 836
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Winshuttle, LLCRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 50009/0537
Aug 17, 2022
Reel 60829, frame 770
Winshuttle, LLCWinshuttle, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 13, 2025
Reel 71094, frame 984
Winshuttle, LLCPrecisely Software IncorporatedMerger

Sources

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

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