Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 20, 2015 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Apr 2, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2030
Held by Catalogic Software, Inc.
Filed Apr 14, 2014 as application 14/251,738 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2010
Apr 2, 2010
Term ends
Apr 2, 2030
Apr 2, 2030
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,738,872, to Apr 2, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 2, 2010, when application 12/753,626, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 14, 2014) | Apr 2, 2030 | 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 8,738,872) | resolves to Apr 2, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 2, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,738,872 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,943,285 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2014 Reel 33468, frame 503 | Liu, Peter Chi-hsiung | Syncsort Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2014 Reel 33604, frame 378 | Syncsort Incorporated | DPX Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2014 Reel 33609, frame 920 | DPX Corp. | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 20, 2015 Reel 36397, frame 29 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 19, 2019 Reel 50433, frame 90 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56325, frame 719 | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2021 Reel 56551, frame 581 | Western Alliance Bank | Catalogic Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 2, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,738,872, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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