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 18, 2013 as application 13/865,896 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2007
Sep 21, 2007
Term ends
Sep 21, 2027
Sep 21, 2027
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,730,478, US 9,171,034, to Sep 21, 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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: 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 18, 2013); 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,730,478, US 9,171,034) | resolves to Sep 21, 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 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 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 9,323,804 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2014 Reel 32980, frame 872 | 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
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,730,478, US 9,171,034, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.