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US 8,831,580 Lapsed on the fee record
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 8, 2019 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).

Lapsed Sep 9, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 10, 2009 as application 12/538,687 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1049 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 9, 2026
2009 2032
Clock starts
Aug 10, 2009
No longer in force
Sep 9, 2026
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 24, 2032
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,049
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
7
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 Jun 24, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 1049 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 10, 2009, when this application, 12/538,687, was filedAug 10, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1049 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 24, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 9, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 9, 2026High confidence

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US 8,335,232Term ended
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US 8,831,580this patent
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Application PCT/US2009/053457PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,842,568Term ended
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US 8,804,758Term ended
Mar 2025
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US 8,831,581Lapsed on the fee record
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 5, 2010
Reel 23903, frame 382
Bender, Douglas F.I2TELECOM International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2012
Reel 29202, frame 95
Geos Communications, Inc.Augme Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2012
Reel 29207, frame 474
I2 Telecom International, Inc.Geos Communications, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 22, 2013
Reel 31713, frame 155
Hipcricket, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Jul 17, 2014
Reel 33358, frame 810
Augme Technologies, Inc.Hipcricket, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 7, 2015
Reel 36810, frame 387
Silicon Valley BankHipcricket, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 24, 2016
Reel 38091, frame 314
Hipcricket, Inc.Upland Software III, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 15, 2016
Reel 39163, frame 323
Upland Software III, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41047, frame 411
Upland Software III, LLCUpland Software, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 24, 2017
Reel 41370, frame 411
Upland Software, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 7, 2019
Reel 49990, frame 19
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentUpland Software, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 8, 2019
Reel 50002, frame 536
Upland Software, Inc.; Upland Software I, Inc.; Upland Software IV, LLC; Upland Software V, Inc.; Upland Software VI, Inc.; Upland Software VII, Inc.; Upland IX, LLC; Ultriva, LLC; Advanced Processing & Imaging, Inc.; Omtool, Ltd.; Rightanswers, Inc.; Waterfall International Inc.; Qvidian Corporation; References-Online, Inc.; Adestra Inc.; Postup Holdings, LLC; Postup Digital, LLC; Daily Inches, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchSecurity Interest
Mar 25, 2025
Reel 70626, frame 779
Upland Software Inc.; Upland Software VII, LLC; Omtool, Ltd.; Waterfall International, Inc.; Qvidian Corporation; References- Online, Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 24, 2025
Reel 72126, frame 1
Jefferies Finance LLCUpland Software, Inc.Partial Release Reel/Frame 050002/0536
Jul 24, 2025
Reel 72248, frame 588
Jefferies Finance LLCUpland Software, Inc.Partial Release of Security Interests in Patents at Reel/Frame 050002/0536

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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