Lapsed Apr 29, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2033
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Jan 11, 2013 as application 13/740,036 · Granted Apr 29, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 29, 2026
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013
No longer in force
Apr 29, 2026
Apr 29, 2026
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 11, 2033
Jan 11, 2033
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
5
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 Jan 11, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 11, 2013, when this application, 13/740,036, was filed | Jan 11, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 29, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 29, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,713,684 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2013/025990 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,918,882 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,268,946 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,582,668 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2013 Reel 29621, frame 636 | Bettini, Anthony John; Watkins, Kevin; Guerra, Domingo J.; Price, Michael | Appthority, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2019 Reel 49506, frame 163 | Appthority, Inc. | Appthority LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Jun 19, 2019 Reel 49524, frame 538 | Appthority LLC | Symantec Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2019 Reel 51144, frame 918 | Symantec Corporation | CA, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
177
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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