Term ends Apr 27, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 25, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Omnissa, LLC
Filed Oct 16, 2013 as application 14/055,597 · Granted May 31, 2016
Base term plus 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006
Term ends
Apr 27, 2027
Apr 27, 2027
Granted
May 31, 2016
May 31, 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
184
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 184 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Oct 25, 2006, when application 11/552,734, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 16, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 25, 2026 | 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 | +184 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,856,637 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,354,949 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,766,958 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 15, 2024 Reel 67102, frame 395 | Vmware, Inc. | Vmware LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 3, 2024 Reel 68118, frame 4 | Omnissa, LLC | UBS AG, Stamford Branch | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68327, frame 365 | Vmware LLC | Omnissa, LLC | Patent Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below 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.