Term ends Sep 21, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Salesforce, Inc.
Filed Apr 19, 2010 as application 12/763,078 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term plus 668 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2007
Sep 21, 2007
Term ends
Sep 21, 2027
Sep 21, 2027
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 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
668
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,730,478, US 9,171,033.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 668 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 Sep 21, 2007, when application 11/859,498, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 19, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +668 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 20, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,730,478, US 9,171,033) | capped to Sep 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 21, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,730,478 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/020664 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,171,033 | In force (reinstated) Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application 12/167,913 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,171,034 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 9,323,804 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 10,176,337 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application 16/241,355 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2010 Reel 24261, frame 82 | Weissman, Craig | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2026 Reel 76118, frame 548 | Salesforce.com, Inc. | Salesforce, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 668 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,730,478, US 9,171,033.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.