Lapsed Sep 17, 2025 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 17, 2030
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Micro Focus Software Inc.
Filed Feb 20, 2012 as application 13/400,224 · Granted Sep 17, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 17, 2025
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 17, 2010
Feb 17, 2010
No longer in force
Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 17, 2030
Feb 17, 2030
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 Feb 17, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Feb 17, 2010, when application 12/706,813, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 20, 2012) | Feb 17, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 17, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 17, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,140,735 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2020 | Mar 2020 |
| US 8,812,766 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,539,136 | this patent Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,949,505 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 |
| US 9,348,631 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 9,298,488 | In force no later than Feb 2030 | no later than Feb 2030 |
| US 10,360,054 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2015 Reel 35656, frame 251 | Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Borland Software Corporation; Attachmate Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Novell, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40020, frame 703 | Novell, Inc. | Micro Focus Software Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 2, 2017 Reel 42388, frame 386 | Bank of America, N.A., as Prior Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent | Notice of Succession of Agency |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44183, frame 718 | Attachmate Corporation; Borland Software Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software, Inc.; Entit Software LLC; Arcsight, LLC; Serena Software, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 48793, frame 832 | Bank of America, N.A., as Prior Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct Typo in Application Number 10708121 Which Should Be 10708021 Previously Recorded on Reel 042388 Frame 0386. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Notice of Succession of Agency. |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62746, frame 399 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC); Borland Software Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Serena Software, Inc.; Attachmate Corporation; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.); Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62623, frame 9 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation; Attachmate Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Serena Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Sep 17, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.