Licensable university IP
Searching digital information and databases
Searching digital information and databases is marketed for licensing by University of California. It is documented in US patent US 8,862,594. The current assignee of record is University of California San Diego UCSD. Google Patents reports its legal status as “Expired - Lifetime” (an automated indicator, not a legal determination). Its expected expiration is 2025-12-14.
This patent appears to have reached the end of its statutory term, so the invention is in the public domain and may be practised without a licence; there is no longer an exclusive patent right to license.
Patent picture
| Field | Value | Reliability | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| US patent | US 8,862,594 | High | Google Patents |
| Patent title | Searching digital information and databases | High | Google Patents |
| Current assignee | University of California San Diego UCSD | Good | Google Patents |
| Original assignee | University of California San Diego UCSD | Good | Google Patents |
| Legal status | Expired - Lifetime | Moderate | Google Patents |
| Filing date | 2010-02-19 | High | Google Patents |
| Priority date | 2004-08-27 | High | Google Patents |
| Publication date | 2014-10-14 | High | Google Patents |
| Expected expiration | 2025-12-14 | Moderate | Google Patents |
- High 90% and up
- Good 80 to 89%
- Moderate 70 to 79%
Legal status is Google Patents' automated indicator, not a legal determination.
Joined to US 8,862,594 by its printed patent number (a deterministic match), then enriched from public Google Patents data. Fields are shown only where resolved against a public source; unresolved fields are omitted, never guessed.
Grouped under Software & Computing, derived from its patent classification (CPC G06F, Y10S; Google Patents).
Original listing
This technology is marketed for licensing by University of California. View the original listing.