Also listed on Mformation Software Technologies LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 4, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 23, 2029
Held by Alcatel Lucent
Filed Jan 23, 2009 as application 12/358,855 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term plus 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 23, 2009
Jan 23, 2009
Term ends
Jun 4, 2029
Jun 4, 2029
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015
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
132
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 132 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jan 23, 2009, when this application, 12/358,855, was filed | Jan 23, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +132 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 4, 2029 | 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 | Jun 4, 2029 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2009 Reel 22346, frame 396 | Nath, Badri; Kushwaha, Rakesh | Mformation Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 8, 2011 Reel 25916, frame 354 | Mformation Technologies, Incorporated | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jul 27, 2012 Reel 28655, frame 306 | Mformation Technolgies, Incorporated | WF Fund III Limited Partnership (C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund III) | Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2013 Reel 29674, frame 109 | Silicon Valley Bank; WF Fund IV Limited Partnership, C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund IV (F/K/A/ WF Fund III Limited Partnership); Mformation Technologies, Incorporated | Mformation Software Technologies, Inc. | Assignment and Release of Security Agreements |
| Jun 19, 2013 Reel 30658, frame 788 | Mformation Software Technologies, Inc. | Mformation Software Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| May 25, 2016 Reel 38715, frame 431 | Mformation Software Technologies LLC | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 8, 2016 Reel 38839, frame 584 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 4, 2029.
Note
The 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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