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Method and Apparatus for Secure Communication and Routing

US 11,539,666 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 28, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 6, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Jun 24, 2020 as application 16/910,898 · Granted Dec 27, 2022
Base term plus 165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2020
Term ends
Dec 6, 2040
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
base term patent term adjustment 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
165
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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 165 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jun 24, 2020, when this application, 16/910,898, was filedJun 24, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+165 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 6, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 6, 2040High confidence

This family

Application 16/560,186Abandoned
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US 11,539,666this patent
Dec 2040
Dec 2040
US 12,418,511In force
Apr 2041
Apr 2041
Application 19/307,118Pending
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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
Jul 9, 2020
Reel 53164, frame 64
Hohne, Charles C.; Swails, Todd A.; Nord, Christopher J.; Pulling, Christopher J.; Irgens, Kristi; Turner, Howard; Knopf, Ian A.; Maglio, Vincent A.; Brown, Kyle A.Raytheon CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 7, 2021
Reel 58342, frame 27
Vertex Aerospace LLCRoyal Bank of CanadaSecond Lien Security Agreement
Dec 7, 2021
Reel 58342, frame 46
Vertex Aerospace LLCRoyal Bank of CanadaFirst Lien Security Agreement
Dec 10, 2021
Reel 58957, frame 428
Vertex Aerospace, LLCAlly Bank, As Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 18, 2022
Reel 59436, frame 396
Raytheon CompanyVertex Aerospace LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2023
Reel 62886, frame 877
Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC; Delex Systems, Incorporated; Higgins, Hermansen, Banikas, LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 1, 2023
Reel 62903, frame 736
Royal Bank of CanadaVertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLCRelease of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 1, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaVertex Aerospace LLCRelease of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 1, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaVectrus Systems CorporationRelease of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 1, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaAdvantor Systems, LLCRelease of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Mar 2, 2023
Reel 62927, frame 61
Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentVertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
Reel 62927, frame 79
Royal Bank of CanadaVertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentVertex Aerospace LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentVectrus Systems CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Ally Bank, As Collateral AgentAdvantor Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaVertex Aerospace LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaVectrus Systems CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Mar 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaAdvantor Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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