Term ends Aug 8, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 17, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,949,825), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Red Hat, Inc.
Filed Nov 27, 2007 as application 11/945,927 · Granted Apr 21, 2015
Base term plus 1026 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2006
Oct 17, 2006
Term ends
Aug 8, 2029
Aug 8, 2029
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Apr 21, 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
1,026
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,949,825, to Aug 8, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
38
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 1026 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Oct 17, 2006, when application 11/550,364, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 27, 2007) | Oct 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1026 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 8, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,949,825) | resolves to Aug 8, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Aug 8, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,086,917 | In force no later than May 2030 | no later than May 2030 |
| US 8,949,825 | In force no later than May 2031 | no later than May 2031 |
| US 8,612,971 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,697,019 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,234,640 | In force no later than Mar 2030 | no later than Mar 2030 |
| US 8,407,688 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 9,038,062 | In force no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
| US 9,015,703 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
8 of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2008 Reel 20522, frame 423 | Fitzgerald, Joseph J.; Barenboim, Oleg | Manageiq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2018 Reel 45445, frame 665 | Manageiq, Inc. | Red Hat, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 8, 2029.
Note
The 1026 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,949,825, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
170
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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.