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Method and system for journaling electronic messages

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Term ends Sep 29, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Dec 15, 2005 as application 11/305,543 · Granted Apr 23, 2013
Base term plus 1384 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2029
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2005
Term ends
Sep 29, 2029
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,384
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 1384 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 Dec 15, 2005, when this application, 11/305,543, was filedDec 15, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1384 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 29, 2029High 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 orderSep 29, 2029High 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
Feb 28, 2006
Reel 17224, frame 375
Sell, Jorg-stefanIxos Software AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2010
Reel 23876, frame 53
Ixos Software AGOpen Text Software GmbHMerger
Nov 11, 2011
Reel 27282, frame 41
Ixos Software AGOpen Text Software GmbHMerger
Jan 30, 2015
Reel 34856, frame 285
Open Text Software GmbHOpen Text S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2016
Reel 40573, frame 244
Open Text S.A.OT IP Sub, LLCIP Business Sale Agreement
Nov 7, 2016
Reel 40575, frame 324
OT IP Sub, LLCIP OT Sub ULCCertificate of Continuance
Nov 7, 2016
Reel 40575, frame 327
IP OT Sub ULCOpen Text S.A. ULCCertificate of Amalgamation

Sources

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

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