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US 9,582,478 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Adobe Systems Incorporated, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 5, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,164,963), so the cap could be lower.

Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Sep 3, 2015 as application 14/844,750 · Granted Feb 28, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2006
Term ends
Dec 5, 2026
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
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 9,164,963, to Dec 5, 2026. 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.
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 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 5, 2006, when application 11/567,111, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2015)Dec 5, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,164,963)resolves to Dec 5, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 5, 2026Medium confidence

This family

Application 11/567,111Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,164,963In force
no later than Jan 2028
no later than Jan 2028
US 9,582,478this patent
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 10,163,088In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 8, 2019
Reel 48867, frame 882
Adobe Systems IncorporatedAdobe Inc.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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