Lapsed Nov 6, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 10, 2023
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLC
Filed Jun 10, 2003 as application 10/457,479 · Granted Nov 6, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1889 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 6, 2020
2003
2028
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2003
Jun 10, 2003
No longer in force
Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012
Term would have run to
Aug 11, 2028
Aug 11, 2028
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
1,889
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
71
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 11, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 1889 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 10, 2003, when this application, 10/457,479, was filed | Jun 10, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1889 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 6, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 6, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,428,506 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 |
| US 7,974,906 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 7,904,365 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,680,722 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,533,048 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 7,752,099 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 8,306,900 | this patent Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| US 7,685,052 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
8 of 71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2003 Reel 14164, frame 809 | Bok, Tomas; Cushing, David | Itg Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2004 Reel 14866, frame 672 | Itg Software, Inc. | Itg Software Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2019 Reel 48490, frame 359 | Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2019 Reel 48498, frame 602 | Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50128, frame 708 | Itg Software Solutions, Inc. | Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50707, frame 15 | U.S. Bank National Association | Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 13, 2022 Reel 58746, frame 799 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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Note
The 1889 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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