Also listed on Snow Software, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2025 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent).
Term ends Jun 17, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2029
Held by Flexera Software LLC
Filed Mar 19, 2009 as application 12/407,719 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term plus 820 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2009
Mar 19, 2009
Term ends
Jun 17, 2031
Jun 17, 2031
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Dec 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
820
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.
2
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 820 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 19, 2009, when this application, 12/407,719, was filed | Mar 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +820 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 2031 | 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 | Jun 17, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,327,356 | this patent Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,661,439 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2009 Reel 22423, frame 632 | Seguin, Jean-marc L.; Jack, Colin Patrick | Embotics Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2011 Reel 25711, frame 741 | Embotics Corporation | Embotics Corporation | Change of Company Address |
| Jul 30, 2012 Reel 28680, frame 752 | Embotics Corporation | Embotics Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Address Previously Recorded on Reel 025711 Frame 0741. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correction of the Assignor Address from "511 Legget Drive" to "411 Legget Drive". |
| Jan 19, 2017 Reel 41420, frame 583 | Embotics Corporation | Embotics Corporation | Change of Address |
| Dec 12, 2018 Reel 47750, frame 272 | Embotics Corporation | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 Reel 51247, frame 45 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Embotics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 Reel 51256, frame 371 | Embotics Corporation; 1229377 B.C. Ltd. | 1229377 B.C. Ltd. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 11, 2019 Reel 51256, frame 529 | 1229377 B.C. Ltd. | Embotics Corporation | Change of Name |
| Dec 12, 2019 Reel 51262, frame 731 | Embotics Corporation | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 56745, frame 413 | Embotics Corporation | Embotics ULC | Change of Name |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 56746, frame 317 | Embotics ULC | Snow Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2021 Reel 56756, frame 440 | Embotics Corporation; Keystrike Canada Inc. | Embotics Corporation | Amalgamation |
| Jul 7, 2021 Reel 56784, frame 335 | Snow Software, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 8, 2021 Reel 56792, frame 547 | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Embotics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2024 Reel 66471, frame 27 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Snow Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2024 Reel 66615, frame 824 | Snow Software, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Feb 16, 2024 Reel 66619, frame 340 | Snow Software, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Second Lien Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Apr 18, 2024 Reel 67165, frame 214 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Snow Software, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 22, 2024 Reel 69373, frame 957 | Snow Software US, Inc. | Flexera Software LLC | Merger |
| Aug 15, 2025 Reel 72460, frame 828 | Flexera Software LLC | KKR Loan Administration Services LLC, as Collateral Gent | Security Interest |
| Aug 22, 2025 Reel 72527, frame 879 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Snow Software, Inc. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 066615-0824 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2031
Term ends Jun 17, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 820 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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