Term ends Sep 8, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 20, 2025
Held by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Filed Dec 20, 2005 as application 11/313,970 · Granted Jul 14, 2015
Base term plus 993 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2005
Dec 20, 2005
Term ends
Sep 8, 2028
Sep 8, 2028
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 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
993
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.
5
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 993 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 Dec 20, 2005, when this application, 11/313,970, was filed | Dec 20, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +993 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 8, 2028 | 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 | Sep 8, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,991,732 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,081,863 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2006/020550 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/020548 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,318,598 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2005 Reel 17402, frame 260 | Error, Brett Michael; Wong, Catherine | Omniture, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2009 Reel 22078, frame 141 | Omniture, Inc. | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 17, 2009 Reel 23525, frame 335 | Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC | Omniture, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2009 Reel 23538, frame 77 | Omniture, Inc. | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 8, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 993 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.