Also listed on Vmware LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ended Oct 25, 2026 · Low confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 25, 2026
Held by Omnissa, LLC
Filed May 25, 2016 as application 15/164,653 · Granted Sep 19, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 25, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2006
Oct 25, 2006
Term ended
Oct 25, 2026
Oct 25, 2026
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Sep 19, 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 9,354,949, to Oct 25, 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. Confidence: Low. 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 May 25, 2016); 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 | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,354,949) | resolves to Oct 25, 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 |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 12973664, 12973664 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 25, 2026 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,856,637 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,354,949 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,766,958 | this patent 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 314 | 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 |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,354,949, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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