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Workflow Management in Distributed Systems

US 8,880,591 Grace period ended
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Symphonyai LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2026 (Oxford Finance LLC).

Term ends Oct 4, 2032 · Low confidence

Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected

Filed Mar 31, 2011 as application 13/077,174 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term plus 553 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2011
Term ends
Oct 4, 2032
Granted
Nov 4, 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
553
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.

This patent's term runs 553 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its third maintenance fee ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 31, 2011, when this application, 13/077,174, was filedMar 31, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+553 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 4, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"; the grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee filegrace period ended Nov 4, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 4, 2032Low 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 18, 2011
Reel 26773, frame 875
Feldman, Michael; Fiskel, Alexander; Mellen, Harold James, III; Barnett, Robert Steven; Johnson, Jeremy Wallace; Vialov, VladimirNash Controlware Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 20, 2013
Reel 31692, frame 505
Nash Controlware Inc.Savigent Software, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 11, 2022
Reel 61931, frame 57
Savigent Software, Inc.Symphony Industrial DM, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 11, 2022
Reel 61931, frame 404
Symphony Industrial DM, Inc.Siai Digital Manufacturing, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 11, 2022
Reel 61931, frame 406
Siai Digital Manufacturing, Inc.Symphonyai Industrial Digital Manufacturing, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 17, 2022
Reel 61963, frame 139
Symphonyai LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
May 1, 2023
Reel 63501, frame 305
Symphonyai LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jun 30, 2026
Reel 75135, frame 559
Symphonyai Industrial Digital Manufacturing, Inc.Oxford Finance LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 30, 2026
Reel 75142, frame 817
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Symphonyai LLC; Symphonyai Sensa LLC; Symphonyai Industrial Digital Manufacturing, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Symphonyai LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Symphonyai Sensa LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 30, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Symphonyai Industrial Digital Manufacturing, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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