Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 8, 2019 (Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch).
Term ended Mar 11, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 11, 2025
Held by Upland Software, Inc.
Filed Nov 26, 2012 as application 13/685,072 · Granted Sep 23, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Mar 11, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2005
Mar 11, 2005
Term ended
Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,335,252, to Mar 11, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 11, 2005, when application 11/078,059, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 26, 2012) | Mar 11, 2025 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,335,252) | resolves to Mar 11, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 11, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,460,480 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,335,232 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,831,580 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2009/053457 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,842,568 | this patent Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,804,758 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,831,581 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2013 Reel 31713, frame 155 | Hipcricket, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32317, frame 667 | Ali, Awais | I2 Telecom International, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32317, frame 792 | I2 Telecom International, Inc. | I2 Telecom IP Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32317, frame 909 | Geos Communications IP Holdings, Inc. | Augme Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32366, frame 911 | I2 Telecom IP Holdings, Inc. | Geos Communications IP Holdings, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32366, frame 941 | Augme Technologies, Inc. | Hipcricket, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 7, 2015 Reel 36810, frame 387 | Silicon Valley Bank | Hipcricket, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 24, 2016 Reel 38091, frame 314 | Hipcricket, Inc. | Upland Software III, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2016 Reel 39163, frame 323 | Upland Software III, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41047, frame 411 | Upland Software III, LLC | Upland Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 24, 2017 Reel 41370, frame 411 | Upland Software, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2019 Reel 49990, frame 19 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Upland 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 Branch | Security 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 LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2025 Reel 72126, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Upland Software, Inc. | Partial Release Reel/Frame 050002/0536 |
| Jul 24, 2025 Reel 72248, frame 588 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Upland Software, Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interests in Patents at Reel/Frame 050002/0536 |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,335,252, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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