Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Jun 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 19, 2027
Held by Exegy Incorporated
Filed Mar 31, 2011 as application 13/077,224 · Granted Jun 4, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2007
Jun 19, 2007
Term ends
Jun 19, 2027
Jun 19, 2027
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
19
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 19, 2007, when application 11/765,306, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 31, 2011) | Jun 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,921,046 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/066929 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,458,081 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 9,582,831 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,600,856 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,478,680 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,407,122 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,595,104 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
8 of 19 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 31, 2011 Reel 26055, frame 305 | Parsons, Scott; Taylor, David E.; Schuehler, David Vincent; Franklin, Mark A.; Chamberlain, Roger D. | Exegy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30724, frame 144 | Exegy Incorporated | IP Reservoir, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2021 Reel 55342, frame 1 | IP Reservoir, LLC | Exegy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2021 Reel 56302, frame 950 | Optionscity Software, Inc.; Exegy Incorporated | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
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Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
236
later US patents cite this one
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