Lapsed May 27, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 19, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Apr 19, 2012 as application 13/450,809 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed May 27, 2026
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 19, 2012
Apr 19, 2012
No longer in force
May 27, 2026
May 27, 2026
Granted
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 6, 2032
Jun 6, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
137
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,021,135, US 9,647,989.
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.
Its term would have run to Jun 6, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 137 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. Confidence: High. 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 Apr 19, 2012, when this application, 13/450,809, was filed | Apr 19, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,021,135, US 9,647,989) | capped to Jun 6, 2032 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 27, 2026 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2012 Reel 28074, frame 615 | Ang, George Weilun; Woelfel, John Harold; Woloszyn, Terrence Peter | Perspecsys Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2012 Reel 28275, frame 106 | Ang, George Weilun, MR.; Woelfel, John Harold, MR.; Woloszyn, Terrence Peter, MR. | Perspecsys Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded on Reel 028074 Frame 0615. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correction of the Assignee Address from "86 Healey Drive" to "86 Healey Road". |
| Jul 29, 2014 Reel 33416, frame 1 | Perspecsys Inc. | Perspecsys Canada Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 29, 2014 Reel 33444, frame 282 | Perspecsys Canada Inc. | Perspecsys Corp. | Change of Name |
| Jul 29, 2014 Reel 33452, frame 89 | Perspecsys Corp. | Perspecsys Corp. | Change of Address |
| Nov 24, 2015 Reel 37131, frame 443 | Perspecsys Corp. | Blue Coat Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 14, 2016 Reel 37968, frame 908 | Blue Coat Systems, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 1, 2016 Reel 39516, frame 929 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Blue Coat Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2016 Reel 39851, frame 44 | Blue Coat Systems, Inc. | 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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Note
The 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,021,135, US 9,647,989.
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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