Term ends Dec 21, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Omnissa, LLC
Filed Jul 28, 2011 as application 13/193,460 · Granted Nov 18, 2014
Base term plus 733 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2006
Dec 19, 2006
Term ends
Dec 21, 2028
Dec 21, 2028
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 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
733
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 runs 733 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 19, 2006, when application 11/643,020, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 28, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +733 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Dec 21, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,010,701 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,934,017 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,935,429 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,892,776 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,841,882 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,256,353 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 10,198,162 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2024 Reel 67102, frame 395 | Vmware, Inc. | Vmware LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 3, 2024 Reel 68118, frame 4 | Omnissa, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68327, frame 365 | Vmware LLC | Omnissa, LLC | Patent Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 733 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.