Lapsed Jan 8, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 26, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Jun 26, 2006 as application 11/426,556 · Granted Jan 8, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1401 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 8, 2025
2006
2030
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2006
Jun 26, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 8, 2025
Jan 8, 2025
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Jan 8, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 27, 2030
Apr 27, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,401
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 27, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1401 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 26, 2006, when this application, 11/426,556, was filed | Jun 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1401 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 8, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 8, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,352,917 | this patent Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2007/061447 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,992,135 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,365,150 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 9,396,478 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2006 Reel 17845, frame 341 | Wong, Catherine; Error, Brett Michael | Omniture, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2009 Reel 22078, frame 141 | Omniture, Inc. | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 17, 2009 Reel 23525, frame 335 | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC | Omniture, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2009 Reel 23538, frame 77 | Omniture, Inc. | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2019 Reel 48525, frame 42 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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Note
The 1401 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
109
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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