Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2024 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Sep 18, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 22, 2028
Held by Black Duck Software, Inc.
Filed Jan 21, 2013 as application 13/745,946 · Granted Jun 24, 2014
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2008
Aug 22, 2008
Term ends
Sep 18, 2028
Sep 18, 2028
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 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
27
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,359,583, to Sep 18, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 27 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Aug 22, 2008, when application 12/197,197, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2013) | Aug 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,359,583) | resolves to Sep 18, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 18, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,359,583 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,762,961 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
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 2, 2014 Reel 34514, frame 496 | Coverity, Inc. | Synopsis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2015 Reel 35121, frame 570 | Coverity, Inc. | Synopsys, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 034514 Frame: 0496. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 23, 2024 Reel 66664, frame 821 | Synopsys, Inc. | Software Integrity Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2024 Reel 68191, frame 490 | Software Integrity Group, Inc. | Black Duck Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 30, 2024 Reel 69083, frame 149 | Black Duck Software, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 18, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,359,583, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.