Term ends Sep 25, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Ncomputing de, LLC
Filed Aug 23, 2010 as application 12/861,217 · Granted May 13, 2014
Base term plus 575 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2009
Feb 27, 2009
Term ends
Sep 25, 2030
Sep 25, 2030
Granted
May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014
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
575
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.
5
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 575 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 27, 2009, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 23, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 27, 2029 | 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 | +575 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 25, 2030 | 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 | Sep 25, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,557,046 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,667,242 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,110,880 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,110,494 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,723,891 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2010 Reel 24871, frame 657 | Chowdhry, Anita; Ghosh, Subir | Ncomputing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2010 Reel 25473, frame 1 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Sand Hill Capital IV, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Mar 20, 2013 Reel 30052, frame 816 | Sand Hill Capital IV, LP | Ncomputing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 9, 2013 Reel 30390, frame 535 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Feb 6, 2014 Reel 32166, frame 456 | Ncomputing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Ncomputing, Inc., a California Corporation | Pinnacle Ventures, L.l.c. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2015 Reel 37058, frame 390 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 030390 Frame: 0535. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 19, 2017 Reel 43237, frame 74 | Ncomputing de, LLC | Ncomputing Global, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48031, frame 929 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ncomputing de, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 25, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 575 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.