Also listed on Bay Dynamics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 8, 2031
Held by CA, Inc.
Filed Oct 8, 2011 as application 13/269,560 · Granted Dec 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Oct 8, 2011
Oct 8, 2011
Term ends
Oct 8, 2031
Oct 8, 2031
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014
base term
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Oct 8, 2011, when this application, 13/269,560, was filed | Oct 8, 2031 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 8, 2031 | High 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2014 Reel 33042, frame 431 | Stolte, Ryan G.; Rifai, Firas S. | Bay Dynamics | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2016 Reel 38542, frame 380 | Stolte, Ryan G.; Rifai, Firas S. | Bay Dynamics, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 033042 Frame: 0431. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 19, 2018 Reel 45593, frame 962 | Bay Dynamics, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2019 Reel 51348, frame 985 | Comerica Bank | Bay Dynamics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51693, frame 111 | Bay Dynamics, Inc. | CA, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 8, 2031.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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