Lapsed Aug 26, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2033
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Jan 11, 2013 as application 13/740,061 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 26, 2026
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2013
Jan 11, 2013
No longer in force
Aug 26, 2026
Aug 26, 2026
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jan 11, 2013, when this application, 13/740,061, 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 26, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,819,772 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2013/036626 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,178,852 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,531,744 | In force no later than Jan 2033 | no later than Jan 2033 |
| US 10,482,260 | 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 589 | Bettini, Anthony John; Watkins, Kevin; Guerra, Domingo; 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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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 26, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
200
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.