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Optimizing Profitability in Business Transactions

US 8,068,590 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2024 (Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch).

Term ended Mar 4, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Nov 22, 2006 as application 11/562,829 · Granted Nov 29, 2011
Base term plus 1405 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 4, 2026
2002 2026
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2002
Term ended
Mar 4, 2026
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,405
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
7
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 1405 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 29, 2002, when application 10/135,883, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 22, 2006)Apr 29, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1405 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 4, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 4, 2026High confidence

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US 9,135,623Term ended
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Assignments

The 40 most recent of 52 recorded documents are shown; the 12 earliest are not. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 8, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
BNP ParibasSecurus Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest First Lien
May 8, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
BNP ParibasT-Netix, Inc.Release of Security Interest First Lien
May 8, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
BNP ParibasSecurus Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest Second Lien
May 8, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
BNP ParibasT-Netix, Inc.Release of Security Interest Second Lien
Nov 1, 2017
Reel 44640, frame 547
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.Release of 1ST Lien Security Interest
Nov 1, 2017
Reel 44653, frame 30
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.Release of 2ND Lien Security Interest
Nov 1, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.Release of 1ST Lien Security Interest
Nov 1, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies Holdings, Inc.Release of 1ST Lien Security Interest
Nov 1, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.Release of 2ND Lien Security Interest
Nov 1, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies Holdings, Inc.Release of 2ND Lien Security Interest
Nov 2, 2017
Reel 44361, frame 267
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies HoldingsSecond Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030368, Frame 0743
Nov 2, 2017
Reel 44681, frame 227
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.; Securus Technologies HoldingsFirst Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030369, Frame 0648
Nov 2, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.Second Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030368, Frame 0743
Nov 2, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies HoldingsSecond Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030368, Frame 0743
Nov 2, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies, Inc.First Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030369, Frame 0648
Nov 2, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company AmericasSecurus Technologies HoldingsFirst Lien Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 030369, Frame 0648
Nov 3, 2017
Reel 44779, frame 573
Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.; Securus Technologies, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLCDeutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Security Agreement
Nov 6, 2017
Reel 44368, frame 969
Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.; Securus Technologies, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLCDeutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Security Agreement
Aug 12, 2020
Reel 53476, frame 289
Securus Technologies, Inc.Securus Technologies, LLCChange of Name
Aug 24, 2023
Reel 64699, frame 842
Allpaid, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Securus Technologies, LLCThe Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.Security Interest
Jan 2, 2024
Reel 66567, frame 620
Securus Technologies, LLC; Allpaid, Inc.; Satellite Tracking of People LLCDeutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral AgentPriority First Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 1, 2024
Reel 66436, frame 420
Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Allpaid, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB as Collateral AgentPriority Second Lien Patent Security Agreement
Mar 28, 2024
Reel 66945, frame 310
Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Allpaid, Inc.Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as Collateral AgentSuper-Priority First Lien Patent Security Agreement
Mar 29, 2024
Reel 66951, frame 54
Aventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLC; Allpaid, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBSecurity Interest
Mar 29, 2024
Reel 66952, frame 914
Alter Domus (US) LLCAventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Allpaid, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 29, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Alter Domus (US) LLCAventiv Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 29, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Alter Domus (US) LLCSecurus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 29, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Alter Domus (US) LLCAllpaid, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 21, 2025
Reel 70903, frame 303
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Existing Collateral AgentWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Successor Collateral AgentAssignment of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 2, 2026
Reel 75892, frame 223
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (as Successor in Interest to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch)Aventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority First Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
Reel 75893, frame 360
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (NOTES)
Jul 2, 2026
Reel 75901, frame 833
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBAventiv Technologies, LLC; Securus Technologies, LLC; Satellite Tracking of People LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority Second Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (as Successor in Interest to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch)Aventiv Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority First Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (as Successor in Interest to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch)Securus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority First Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (as Successor in Interest to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch)Satellite Tracking of People LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority First Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.Securus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (NOTES)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.Satellite Tracking of People LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (NOTES)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBAventiv Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority Second Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBSecurus Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority Second Lien)
Jul 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBSatellite Tracking of People LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Super-Priority Second Lien)

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