Term ends Mar 30, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 31, 2024
Held by Signal Point Networks, LLC
Filed Mar 31, 2004 as application 10/814,604 · Granted Mar 31, 2009
Base term plus 1094 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2004
Mar 31, 2004
Term ends
Mar 30, 2027
Mar 30, 2027
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
Mar 31, 2009
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
1,094
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
38
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 1094 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 31, 2004, when this application, 10/814,604, was filed | Mar 31, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1094 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,764,665 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 8,428,056 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,477,616 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,520,520 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,512,947 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,843,819 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,835,339 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 7,864,796 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 38 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 55 recorded documents are shown; the 15 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Agent | Security 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 Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2020 Reel 53955, frame 436 | Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2022 Reel 61087, frame 386 | Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Cabinet Solutions LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Apr 26, 2023 Reel 63457, frame 1 | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Avaya Holdings Corp.; Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026 |
| Apr 26, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Avaya 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 Agent | Avaya Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026 |
| Apr 26, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Avaya 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 Agent | Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 45124/FRAME 0026 |
| May 3, 2023 Reel 63742, frame 1 | Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Knoahsoft Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB [Collateral Agent] | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 4, 2023 Reel 63542, frame 662 | Avaya Inc.; Avaya Management L.P.; Intellisist, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 18, 2023 Reel 63690, frame 359 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386) |
| May 18, 2023 Reel 63705, frame 23 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Avaya Management L.P.; Avaya Inc.; Intellisist, Inc.; Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436) |
| May 18, 2023 Reel 63779, frame 622 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Avaya 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 Agent | Avaya Management L.P. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Avaya Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Intellisist, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 61087/0386) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Avaya 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 Agent | Avaya 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 Agent | Intellisist, 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 Agent | Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 53955/0436) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Avaya Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Intellisist, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Avaya Integrated Cabinet Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Octel Communications LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Vpnet 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 Agent | Zang, 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 Agent | Hyperquality, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Hyperquality II, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Caas Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| May 18, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Goldman Sachs Bank USA., as Collateral Agent | Avaya Management L.P. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 045034/0001) |
| Sep 21, 2023 Reel 65019, frame 231 | Avaya Inc. | Avaya LLC | (Security Interest) Grantor's Name Change |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74944, frame 573 | Citibank, N.a. | Avaya LLC (F/K/A Avaya Inc.); Avaya Management L.P. | Intellectual Property Partial Release and Reassignment |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 74981, frame 940 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Avaya LLC (F/K/A Avaya Inc.); Avaya Management L.P. | Intellectual Property Partial Release and Reassignment |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Avaya LLC (F/K/A Avaya Inc.) | Intellectual Property Partial Release and Reassignment |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Avaya Management L.P. | Intellectual Property Partial Release and Reassignment |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Avaya LLC (F/K/A Avaya Inc.) | Intellectual Property Partial Release and Reassignment |
| Feb 4, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Avaya Management L.P. | Intellectual Property Partial Release and Reassignment |
| Mar 14, 2026 Reel 74909, frame 523 | Avaya LLC | Signal Point Networks, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 30, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1094 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.