Also listed on Clipmarks LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 12, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 25, 2028
Held by Salesforce, Inc.
Filed Jan 25, 2008 as application 12/020,170 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term plus 534 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jan 25, 2008
Jan 25, 2008
Term ends
Jul 12, 2029
Jul 12, 2029
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
534
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 534 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 Jan 25, 2008, when this application, 12/020,170, was filed | Jan 25, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +534 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 12, 2029 | 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 | Jul 12, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,595,635 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,900,297 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 15/862,558 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2008 Reel 20574, frame 581 | Krzanowski, Derek; Weitner, Eric | Clipmarks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2012 Reel 27611, frame 542 | Amplify LLC | Clipboard, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 30, 2012 Reel 29241, frame 668 | Amplify LLC | Clipboard, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Submission Type Previously Recorded on Reel 027611 Frame 0542. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Asset Purchase Agreement. |
| Oct 13, 2014 Reel 33938, frame 980 | Clipboard, Inc. | Clipboard, LLC | Merger |
| Oct 15, 2014 Reel 33956, frame 966 | Clipboard, LLC | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 30, 2014 Reel 34070, frame 851 | Clipmarks LLC | Amplify LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2026 Reel 76118, frame 548 | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Salesforce, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 12, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 534 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
94
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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