Term ended Sep 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 27, 2026
Held by Salesforce, Inc.
Filed Jun 8, 2015 as application 14/733,501 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 27, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2006
Sep 27, 2006
Term ended
Sep 27, 2026
Sep 27, 2026
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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 9,053,461, to Sep 27, 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.
6
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. 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 Sep 27, 2006, when application 11/528,753, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2015) | Sep 27, 2026 | 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 9,053,461) | resolves to Sep 27, 2026, 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,053,461 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2006/038728 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,762,530 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 10,701,026 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,240,194 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,729,132 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2016 Reel 38383, frame 466 | Yahoo! Inc. | Excalibur IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2016 Reel 38951, frame 295 | Excalibur IP, LLC | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38950, frame 592 | Yahoo! Inc. | Excalibur IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2017 Reel 43167, frame 824 | Vemulapelli, Rajanikanth; Lu, Ming Judy; Kota, Jayarama Kumar | Yahoo! Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2020 Reel 51761, frame 307 | Excalibur IP, LLC | Slack Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 52853, frame 153 | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53654, frame 254 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Acacia Research Group LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | American Vehicular Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Cellular Communications Equipment LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Innovative Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Lifeport Sciences LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Limestone Memory Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Monarch Networking Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Nexus Display Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | R2 Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Saint Lawrence Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Stingray IP Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Super Interconnect Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Teleconference Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | Unification Technologies LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54981, frame 377 | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP | R2 Solutions LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 053654 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest Granted Pursuant to the Patent Security Agreement Previously Recorded. |
| Mar 29, 2021 Reel 56832, frame 1 | R2 Solutions LLC | Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 052853 Frame: 0153. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 29, 2021 Reel 57475, frame 404 | Slack Technologies, Inc. | Slack Technologies, LLC | Merger |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64642, frame 564 | Slack Technologies, LLC | Salesforce, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,053,461, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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