Term ends Jul 5, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 31, 2028
Held by Software GmbH
Filed Mar 31, 2008 as application 12/060,109 · Granted Jul 18, 2017
Base term plus 2287 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2034
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2008
Mar 31, 2008
Term ends
Jul 5, 2034
Jul 5, 2034
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Jul 18, 2017
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
2,287
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 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.
27
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 2287 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 31, 2008, when this application, 12/060,109, was filed | Mar 31, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2287 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 2034 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 5, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,710,784 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 8,983,963 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 9,052,907 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,832,674 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,047,413 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,092,470 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 8,930,767 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 10,685,313 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
8 of 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2008 Reel 20936, frame 93 | Amos, Matthew Thomas Stephen | Progress Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2013 Reel 31048, frame 300 | Progress Software Corporation | Software AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2024 Reel 70095, frame 634 | Software AG | Mosel Bidco AG | Merger |
| Dec 17, 2024 Reel 69715, frame 415 | Mosel Bidco AG | Software GmbH | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 5, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 2287 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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