Lapsed Mar 15, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 30, 2024
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Progress Software Corporation
Filed Dec 13, 2013 as application 14/106,223 · Granted Mar 15, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 15, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2004
Mar 30, 2004
No longer in force
Mar 15, 2024
Mar 15, 2024
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
Term would have run to
Mar 30, 2024
Mar 30, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 30, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 30, 2004, when application 10/815,251, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2013) | Mar 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 15, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,613,102 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,286,484 | this patent Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
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 4, 2016 Reel 37667, frame 273 | Guardian Data Storage LLC | Intellectual Ventures I LLC | Merger |
| May 6, 2019 Reel 49090, frame 819 | PSS Systems, Inc. | Guardian Data Storage, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2019 Reel 49214, frame 747 | Intellectual Ventures I LLC | Intellectual Ventures Assets 131 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2019 Reel 49242, frame 574 | Intellectual Ventures Assets 131 LLC | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2022 Reel 62079, frame 1 | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62112, frame 262 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62113, frame 1 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2022 Reel 62113, frame 470 | Tibco Software Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63339, frame 525 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Citrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Apr 14, 2023 Reel 63340, frame 164 | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.); Citrix Systems, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Apr 14, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release and Reassignment of Security Interest in Patent (Reel/Frame 062113/0001) |
| Nov 2, 2024 Reel 69291, frame 492 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Citrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062112/0262 |
| Nov 2, 2024 Reel 69291, frame 503 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Citrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 063340/0164 |
| Nov 2, 2024 Reel 69291, frame 514 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Citrix Systems, Inc.; Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062113/0470 |
| Nov 2, 2024 Reel 69291, frame 536 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062079/0001 |
| Nov 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062112/0262 |
| Nov 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062112/0262 |
| Nov 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 063340/0164 |
| Nov 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 063340/0164 |
| Nov 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062113/0470 |
| Nov 2, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Cloud Software Group, Inc. (F/K/A Tibco Software Inc.) | Release of Certain Patent Security Interests at Reel/Frame 062113/0470 |
| Dec 12, 2024 Reel 69571, frame 1 | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Progress Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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