Term ends Oct 30, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2029
Held by Entit Software LLC
Filed Jan 16, 2015 as application 14/598,536 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Term ends
Oct 30, 2029
Oct 30, 2029
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 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 8,938,067, to Oct 30, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 3 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 Oct 30, 2009, when application 12/610,221, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 16, 2015) | Oct 30, 2029 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,938,067) | resolves to Oct 30, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High 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 | Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,938,067 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,489,521 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44183, frame 577 | Entit Software LLC; Arcsight, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| 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 |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51198, frame 611 | Voltage Security, Inc. | Voltage Security, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 17, 2018 Reel 51199, frame 74 | Voltage Security, LLC; Entit Software LLC | Entit Software LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| 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 63560, frame 1 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Micro Focus LLC (F/K/A Entit Software LLC) | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 044183/0577 |
| 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 |
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 30, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,938,067, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
25
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.
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