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US 8,788,308 Lapsed on the fee record
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 25, 2006 (Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc.).

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

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Mar 29, 2004 as application 10/812,857 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1951 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 22, 2022
2004 2029
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2004
No longer in force
Jul 22, 2022
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Aug 1, 2029
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
1,951
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 1, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 1951 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 Mar 29, 2004, when this application, 10/812,857, was filedMar 29, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1951 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 1, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 22, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 22, 2022High confidence

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US 8,788,308this patent
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US 9,137,366In force
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Application 11/565,676Abandoned
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Application 11/565,677Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2007/085703PCT application
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Application PCT/US2007/085704PCT application
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Application PCT/US2007/085700PCT application
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7 of 8 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 49 recorded documents are shown; the 9 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 1, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationWest Interactive Services CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 1, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationWest Safety Services, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 1, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationWest Unified Communications Services, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 1, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank National AssociationReliance Communications, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
Reel 62249, frame 385
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Corporation; Cosmosis Corporation; Intercall, Inc.; Intrado Communications Inc.; Intrado Communications of Virginia Inc.; Intrado Inc.; Intrado Information System Holdings, Inc.; Intrado Command Systems, Inc.; GEO911, Inc.; Positron Public Safety Systems Corp.; Masys Corporation; Televox Software, Incorporated; West Asset Management, Inc.; West Direct II, Inc.; West Interactive Corporation; West International Corporation; Northern Contact, Inc.; West Notifications Group, Inc.; West Receivable Services, Inc.; West Business Services, LLC; West Direct, LLC; West Facilities, LLC; West at Home, LLC; West Customer Management Group, LLC; Asset Direct Mortgage, LLC; Intercall Telecom Ventures, LLC; Buydebtco, LLC; The Debt Depot, LLC; West Asset Purchasing, LLC; Intrado International, LLC; Stargate Management LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationCosmosis CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntercall, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntrado Communications Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntrado Communications of Virginia Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntrado Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntrado Information System Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntrado Command Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationGEO911, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationPositron Public Safety Systems Corp.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationMasys CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationTelevox Software, IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Asset Management, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Direct II, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Interactive CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest International CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationNorthern Contact, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Notifications Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Receivable Services, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Business Services, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Direct, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Facilities, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest at Home, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Customer Management Group, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationAsset Direct Mortgage, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntercall Telecom Ventures, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationBuydebtco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationThe Debt Depot, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationWest Asset Purchasing, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationIntrado International, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National AssociationStargate Management LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 25, 2024
Reel 69438, frame 775
UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent)Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Successor Collateral AgentOmnibus Assignment of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Oct 7, 2026
Reel 76640, frame 108
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationWest Corporation; West Technology Group, LLCNotice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 7, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationWest CorporationNotice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 7, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationWest Technology Group, LLCNotice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents

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