Term ends May 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2031
Held by Infosys Limited
Filed Mar 25, 2011 as application 13/071,668 · Granted Aug 18, 2015
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,009,059 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 37 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2011
Mar 25, 2011
Term ends
May 1, 2031
May 1, 2031
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Aug 18, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
37
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.
3
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 37 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 Mar 25, 2011, when this application, 13/071,668, was filed | Mar 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +37 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 1, 2031 | 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 | May 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,111,288 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,305,301 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,235,844 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2011 Reel 26566, frame 416 | Paul, Sanjoy; Srinivasan, Karthik | Infosys Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2013 Reel 30050, frame 683 | Infosys Technologies Limited | Infosys Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 1, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 37 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.