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System and Method for Detecting Merchant Points of Compromise Using Network Analysis and Modeling

US 9,563,921 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Opera Solutions U SA LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 21, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 12, 2014 as application 14/206,114 · Granted Feb 7, 2017
Base term plus 223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2014
Term ends
Oct 21, 2034
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
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
223
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.
2
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This patent's term runs 223 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 12, 2014, when this application, 14/206,114, was filedMar 12, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+223 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 21, 2034High 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 orderOct 21, 2034High confidence

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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
Apr 29, 2014
Reel 32777, frame 820
Shi, Lei; Huang, Chengwei; Lee, Jeong-yoon; Wang, Weiqiang; Zhang, Jenny; Chen, YonghuiOpera Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2016
Reel 39089, frame 761
Opera Solutions, LLCOpera Solutions U.S.A., LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2016
Reel 39277, frame 318
Opera Solutions USA, LLC; Opera Solutions, LLC; Opera Solutions Government Services, LLC; Biq, LLC; Lexington Analytics Incorporated; Opera Pan Asia LLCWhite Oak Global Advisors, LLCSecurity Agreement
Oct 21, 2018
Reel 47276, frame 107
White Oak Global Advisors, LLCOpera Solutions Opco, LLCTransfer Statement and Assignment
Aug 2, 2021
Reel 57047, frame 300
Opera Solutions Opco, LLCElectrifai, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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