Term ends no later than Oct 10, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 28, 2030
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Suse LLC
Filed Aug 5, 2013 as application 13/959,146 · Granted Mar 22, 2016
Base term plus 165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2010
Apr 28, 2010
Ends no later than
Oct 10, 2030
Oct 10, 2030
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016
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
165
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 165 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 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 Apr 28, 2010, when application 12/769,357, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 5, 2013) | Apr 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +165 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Oct 10, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,505,003 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,292,275 | this patent no later than Oct 2030 | no later than Oct 2030 |
| US 11,698,781 | In force no later than Apr 2030 | no later than Apr 2030 |
| US 12,061,896 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2013 Reel 30942, frame 925 | Bowen, Peter | Novell, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2015 Reel 35656, frame 251 | Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Borland Software Corporation; Attachmate Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Novell, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40020, frame 703 | Novell, Inc. | Micro Focus Software Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 2, 2017 Reel 42388, frame 386 | Bank of America, N.A., as Prior Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent | Notice of Succession of Agency |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44183, frame 718 | Attachmate Corporation; Borland Software Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software, Inc.; Entit Software LLC; Arcsight, LLC; Serena Software, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 48793, frame 832 | Bank of America, N.A., as Prior Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Successor Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct Typo in Application Number 10708121 Which Should Be 10708021 Previously Recorded on Reel 042388 Frame 0386. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Notice of Succession of Agency. |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48379, frame 548 | Micro Focus Software Inc. | Suse LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2019 Reel 48628, frame 221 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Suse LLC | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame - 042388/0386 and Reel/Frame - 044183/0577 |
| Mar 18, 2019 Reel 48628, frame 436 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Suse LLC | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame - : 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62746, frame 399 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC); Borland Software Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Serena Software, Inc.; Attachmate Corporation; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.); Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 Reel 62623, frame 9 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation; Attachmate Corporation; Netiq Corporation; Micro Focus (US), Inc.; Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 035656/0251 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Borland Software Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus (US), Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Serena Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Attachmate Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus Software Inc. (F/K/A Novell, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
| Feb 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Netiq Corporation | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0718 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends no later than Oct 10, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 10, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.