Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 30, 2023 (The Bank of New York Mellon).
Term ends Sep 19, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 19, 2034
Held by Open Text S.A. ULC
Filed Sep 19, 2014 as application 14/491,386 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2014
Sep 19, 2014
Term ends
Sep 19, 2034
Sep 19, 2034
Granted
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018
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 9,674,225, to Sep 19, 2034. 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.
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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 Sep 19, 2014, when this application, 14/491,386, was filed | Sep 19, 2034 | 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 9,674,225) | resolves to Sep 19, 2034, 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 | Sep 19, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/880,481 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,979,751 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 9,747,466 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,268,835 | In force no later than Sep 2034 | no later than Sep 2034 |
| US 11,108,827 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,824,756 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 11,716,356 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 12,373,548 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2014 Reel 33781, frame 34 | Beckman, Gregory; Laird, Robert; Gagne, Alain | Open Text S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39872, frame 605 | Open Text S.A. | OT IP Sub, LLC | IP Business Sale Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39986, frame 689 | OT IP Sub, LLC | IP OT Sub ULC | Certificate of Continuance |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39872, frame 662 | IP OT Sub ULC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Certificate of Amalgamation |
| May 7, 2023 Reel 63559, frame 758 | Open Text S.A. ULC | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64761, frame 256 | Open Text S.A. ULC | The Bank of New York Mellon | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67807, frame 53 | Barclays Bank PLC | Open Text S.A. ULC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 063559/0628) |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 19, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,674,225, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.