Term ends Dec 29, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2031
Held by SAP Ireland Limited
Filed Dec 28, 2011 as application 13/338,451 · Granted Nov 19, 2013
Base term plus 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2011
Dec 28, 2011
Term ends
Dec 29, 2031
Dec 29, 2031
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013
base term
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
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.
3
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 runs 1 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 28, 2011, when this application, 13/338,451, was filed | Dec 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 29, 2031 | 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 | Dec 29, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,589,450 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,152,690 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,747,360 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2011 Reel 27451, frame 648 | Xue, Xiaohui; Amzal, Mokrane; Gopalakrishnan, Mythili | Bucsiness Objects Software Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2017 Reel 43154, frame 111 | Xue, Xiaohui; Amzal, Mokrane; Gopalakrishnan, Mythili | Business Objects Software Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 027451 Frame: 0648. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Jan 26, 2026 Reel 74510, frame 354 | Business Objects Software Limited | SAP Ireland Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 29, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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