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System and Method for Generating Liquidity

US 8,577,772 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 13, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 24, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Oct 27, 2005 as application 11/259,363 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term plus 1519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2029
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2005
Term ends
Dec 24, 2029
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,519
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1519 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 27, 2005, when this application, 11/259,363, was filedOct 27, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1519 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 24, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 24, 2029High confidence

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Application 14/070,808Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 27, 2006
Reel 17296, frame 17
Heckman, Chris; Sugden, Eric; Provensal, Jerome; Watmore, GregItg Software Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48490, frame 359
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCJefferies Finance LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48498, frame 602
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Aug 21, 2019
Reel 50128, frame 708
Itg Software Solutions, Inc.Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCChange of Name
Oct 10, 2019
Reel 50707, frame 15
U.S. Bank National AssociationVirtu Itg Software Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 13, 2022
Reel 58746, frame 699
Services Development Company LLC; Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Jan 13, 2022
Reel 58746, frame 799
Jefferies Finance LLCVirtu Itg Software Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 21, 2024
Reel 67795, frame 846
Virtu Itg Software Solutions LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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