Term ends Sep 10, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2027
Held by ServiceNow, Inc.
Filed Oct 21, 2013 as application 14/058,459 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term plus 164 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
Mar 30, 2007
Term ends
Sep 10, 2027
Sep 10, 2027
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 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
164
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,584,131, to Sep 10, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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 164 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 30, 2007, when application 11/694,664, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 21, 2013) | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +164 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,584,131) | resolves to Sep 10, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 10, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,584,131 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,317,338 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 9,690,632 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,216,545 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,768,994 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 11,385,939 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
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 18, 2016 Reel 37851, frame 278 | Platform Computing Corporation | Platform Computing Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2016 Reel 37851, frame 341 | Platform Computing Partnership | IBM International Group B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2016 Reel 37851, frame 350 | IBM International Group B.V. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2017 Reel 42269, frame 682 | International Business Machines | ServiceNow, Inc. | 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 2027
Term ends Sep 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 164 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,584,131, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
18
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
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.