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US 9,021,037 In force
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Term ends Mar 29, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Omnissa, LLC
Filed Jan 25, 2013 as application 13/750,887 · Granted Apr 28, 2015
Base term plus 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2012
Term ends
Mar 29, 2033
Granted
Apr 28, 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
113
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
19
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 113 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 6, 2012, when application 13/706,499, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 25, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 6, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+113 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 29, 2033Medium confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 17, 2013
Reel 30621, frame 787
Stuntebeck, ErichAirwatch LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2013
Reel 30653, frame 364
Airwatch LLCSky Socket, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2014
Reel 33369, frame 291
Sky Socket, LLCAirwatch LLCMerger
Jul 3, 2024
Reel 68118, frame 4
Omnissa, LLCUBS AG, Stamford BranchSecurity Interest
Aug 5, 2024
Reel 68327, frame 670
Airwatch LLCOmnissa, LLCPatent Assignment

Sources

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