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Automated Configuration for Network Appliances

US 9,270,654 In force
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Also listed on Ipass IP LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 6, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Dec 31, 2012 as application 13/732,202 · Granted Feb 23, 2016
Base term plus 96 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2012
Term ends
Apr 6, 2033
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
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
96
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.

This patent's term runs 96 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 31, 2012, when this application, 13/732,202, was filedDec 31, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+96 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 6, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 6, 2033High confidence

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
May 21, 2013
Reel 30461, frame 597
Marmolejo-meillon, Luis G.; Nelson, Barbara; Avillez, Marcio; Kaplan, Evan L.Ipass Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2018
Reel 46094, frame 323
Ipass Inc.Fortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Jun 20, 2018
Reel 46148, frame 555
Ipass Inc.Ipass IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 21, 2018
Reel 46170, frame 457
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCFortress Credit Corp.; Fip Ust LP; DBD Credit Funding LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 21, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCFortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Jun 21, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCFip Ust LPSecurity Interest
Jun 21, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCDBD Credit Funding LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 28, 2019
Reel 48462, frame 641
Ipass IP LLCPost Road Administrative LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 5, 2019
Reel 48503, frame 518
Fortress Credit Corp.Ipass Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 29, 2020
Reel 52525, frame 357
Post Road Administrative LLCIpass IP LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 4, 2020
Reel 52564, frame 488
Fip Ust LP; DBD Credit Funding, LLCIpass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
DBD Credit Funding, LLC; Fip Ust LPIpass Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
DBD Credit Funding, LLC; Fip Ust LPIpass IP LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 9, 2020
Reel 52888, frame 728
Ipass IP LLCHigh Trail Investments S.A. LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 13, 2023
Reel 63988, frame 501
Pareteum Corporation; Pareteum North America Corporation; Devicescape Holdings, Inc.; Ipass, Inc.; Ipass IP LLC; Pareteum Europe B.V.; Artilium Group Ltd.; Pareteum N.V.; Pareteum Asia Pte. Ltd.Channel Ventures Group, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 30, 2023
Reel 64180, frame 440
Channel Ventures Group, LLCChannel IP B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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