Term ended Aug 5, 2023 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 5, 2023
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Sep 1, 2025.
Held by Flexera Software LLC
Filed Feb 13, 2012 as application 13/372,272 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Aug 5, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2003
Aug 5, 2003
Term ended
Aug 5, 2023
Aug 5, 2023
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,958,163, US 8,135,756, to Aug 5, 2023. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 5, 2003, when application 10/635,840, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 5, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,958,163, US 8,135,756) | resolves to Aug 5, 2023, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Sep 1, 2025, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 5, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,958,163 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,831,515 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,135,756 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,180,681 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,499,009 | this patent Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
5 of 6 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 28, 2013 Reel 30106, frame 951 | Flexera Software, LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | After-Acquired Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32581, frame 280 | Bank of Montreal | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32590, frame 617 | Flexera Software LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 2, 2014 Reel 32590, frame 805 | Flexera Software LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 4, 2017 Reel 44288, frame 665 | Brentano, James; Pieper, Toby; Martinelli, Paul; Thompson, Brad; Northing, Richard | Intraware, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2017 Reel 44288, frame 886 | Intraware, Inc. | Flexera Software LLC | Merger |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45441, frame 499 | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45447, frame 842 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Termination of 2ND Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0805 |
| Feb 26, 2018 Reel 45447, frame 894 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Termination of 1ST Lien Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 032590/0617 |
| Feb 27, 2018 Reel 45451, frame 499 | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Rightscale, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 Reel 52049, frame 560 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2021 Reel 55487, frame 354 | Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Rightscale, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Risc Networks, LLC | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Revulytics, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2024 Reel 67636, frame 534 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation; Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Rightscale, Inc.; Risc Networks, LLC; Revulytics, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Palamida, Inc. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Bdna Corporation | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
| Aug 25, 2025 Reel 72552, frame 558 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Flexera Software LLC; Palamida, Inc.; Bdna Corporation | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents - Reel/Frame 045441/ 0499 |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,958,163, US 8,135,756, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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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