Also listed on Software Diagnostics Technology GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 24, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 24, 2031
Held by Seerene GmbH
Filed Nov 21, 2012 as application 13/637,066 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2011
Mar 24, 2011
Term ends
Mar 24, 2031
Mar 24, 2031
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 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.
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.
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 24, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/001532, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2012) | Mar 24, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 24, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,997,058 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2012 Reel 29305, frame 328 | Bohnet, Johannes; Doellner, Juergen | Software Diagnostics Technology GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2017 Reel 41642, frame 790 | Software Diagnostics Technology GmbH | Seerene GmbH | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 24, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
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