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System, Method and Apparatus for Protecting a Network or Device Against High Volume Attacks

US 8,707,419 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 15, 2017 (Avaya Inc.).

Lapsed Apr 22, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Avaya Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2007 as application 11/769,609 · Granted Apr 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 22, 2022
2007 2030
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2007
No longer in force
Apr 22, 2022
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Aug 7, 2030
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,137
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.
8
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 7, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1137 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 27, 2007, when this application, 11/769,609, was filedJun 27, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 7, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 22, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 22, 2022High confidence

This family

US 7,933,985In force
Dec 2028
Dec 2028
US 8,582,567In force
Jul 2031
Jul 2031
US 8,707,419this patent
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
US 8,862,718Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 8,185,947In force
May 2030
May 2030
Application 12/189,151Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,407,342Term ended
Feb 2025
Feb 2025
US 9,577,895In force
Dec 2027
Dec 2027
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 10, 2007
Reel 20222, frame 51
Kurapati, Srikrishna; Joglekar, Sachin Purushottam; Bhaskar Kokkiligadda, Krishna Sobhan; Singh, Mukesh Kumar; Saha, SamratSipera Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2010
Reel 25243, frame 742
Sipera Systems, Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Agreement
Jan 25, 2011
Reel 25694, frame 699
Sipera Systems, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Mar 4, 2011
Reel 25901, frame 892
Comerica BankSipera Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 24, 2011
Reel 27120, frame 119
Silicon Valley BankSipera Systems, Inc.Release
Oct 28, 2011
Reel 27138, frame 920
Sipera Systems, Inc.Avaya Inc.Merger
Jan 27, 2017
Reel 41576, frame 1
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions Inc.; Octel Communications Corporation; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 15, 2017
Reel 44893, frame 531
Citibank, N.a.Avaya Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions Inc.; Octel Communications LLC (Formerly Known as Octel Communications Corporation); Vpnet Technologies, Inc.Bankruptcy Court Order Releasing All Liens Including the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041576/0001
Dec 15, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Avaya Inc.Bankruptcy Court Order Releasing All Liens Including the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041576/0001
Dec 15, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions Inc.Bankruptcy Court Order Releasing All Liens Including the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041576/0001
Dec 15, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Octel Communications LLC (Formerly Known as Octel Communications Corporation)Bankruptcy Court Order Releasing All Liens Including the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041576/0001
Dec 15, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.a.Vpnet Technologies, Inc.Bankruptcy Court Order Releasing All Liens Including the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 041576/0001
Jan 10, 2018
Reel 45034, frame 1
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.; Zang, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 23, 2018
Reel 45124, frame 26
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.; Zang, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 25, 2020
Reel 53955, frame 436
Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Apr 26, 2023
Reel 63457, frame 1
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Holdings Corp.; Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Holdings Corp.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
Apr 26, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026
May 18, 2023
Reel 63705, frame 23
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
Reel 63779, frame 622
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC; Octel Communications LLC; Vpnet Technologies, Inc.; Zang, Inc. (Former Name of Avaya Cloud Inc.); Hyperquality, Inc.; Hyperquality II, LLC; Caas Technologies, LLC; Avaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentIntellisist, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentIntellisist, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentOctel Communications LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentVpnet Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentZang, Inc. (Former Name of Avaya Cloud Inc.)Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentHyperquality, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentHyperquality II, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentCaas Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)
May 18, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral AgentAvaya Management L.P.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001)

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