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Feedback Integration of Dynamic Operations

US 7,516,454 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Lightsurf Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded May 16, 2022 (Barclays Bank PLC).

Term ends Nov 25, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Mar 24, 2004 as application 10/808,767 · Granted Apr 7, 2009
Base term plus 976 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2026
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2004
Term ends
Nov 25, 2026
Granted
Apr 7, 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
976
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.

This patent's term runs 976 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 24, 2004, when this application, 10/808,767, was filedMar 24, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+976 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 25, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 25, 2026High 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
Mar 24, 2004
Reel 15151, frame 874
Rodriguez, John ErnestLightsurf Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 4, 2009
Reel 23472, frame 603
Lightsurf Technologies, Inc.Versign, Inc.Merger
Nov 4, 2009
Reel 23472, frame 660
Versign, Inc.Verisign Icx CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 9, 2009
Reel 23631, frame 719
Lightsurf Technologies, Inc.Verisign, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 023472 Frame 0603. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
Dec 9, 2009
Reel 23631, frame 775
Verisign, Inc.Verisign Icx CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 023472 Frame 0660. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Apr 6, 2010
Reel 24185, frame 944
Verisign Icx CorporationSyniverse Icx CorporationChange of Name
Apr 11, 2011
Reel 26103, frame 469
Syniverse Holdings, Inc.; Syniverse Technologies, Inc.; Syniverse Icx Corporation; The Rapid Roaming CompanyBarclays Bank PLCIntellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement
Apr 23, 2012
Reel 28088, frame 770
Barclays Bank PLCSyniverse Icx CorporationRelease of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 026103/0469
Apr 24, 2012
Reel 28097, frame 869
Syniverse Icx CorporationBarclays Bank PLCSecurity Agreement
Mar 12, 2018
Reel 45176, frame 632
Syniverse Icx CorporationBarclays Bank PLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
May 11, 2022
Reel 59953, frame 377
Syniverse Icx CorporationSyniverse Icx, LLCChange of Name
May 13, 2022
Reel 60064, frame 406
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSyniverse Icx, LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
May 16, 2022
Reel 60072, frame 562
Syniverse Icx LLCBarclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentNotice and Confirmation of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 2, 2026
Reel 76648, frame 577
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, Acting in Its Capacity as Successor Collateral AgentAssignment of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Reel/Frame No. 060072/0562)

Sources

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