Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 19, 2021 (U.S. Bank, National Association).
Term ends Nov 20, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 29, 2023
Held by Conduent Business Services, LLC
Filed Aug 29, 2003 as application 10/650,994 · Granted Sep 8, 2009
USPTO first gave this application the number US 7,493,348 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 1179 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2026
Clock starts
Aug 29, 2003
Aug 29, 2003
Term ends
Nov 20, 2026
Nov 20, 2026
Granted
Sep 8, 2009
Sep 8, 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
1,179
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.
2
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 1179 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 Aug 29, 2003, when this application, 10/650,994, was filed | Aug 29, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1179 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2026 | 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 | Nov 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,587,434 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,554,728 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2003 Reel 14540, frame 472 | Zou, Kevin; Wiles, Josh A.; Solitro, Pasquale; Zhu, Zheng | Acs State & Local Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2006 Reel 17325, frame 565 | Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.; Acs Application Management Services, Inc.; Acs BRC Holdings, Inc.; Acs Business Resources Corporation; Acs Business Services, LLC; Acs Commerical Solutions, Inc.; Acs Consultant Company, Inc.; Acs Consultant Holdings Corporation; Acs Defense LLC; Acs/Ecg Holdings LLC; Acs Edi Gateway, Inc.; Acs Education Services, Inc.; Acs Education Solutions, LLC; Acs Enterprise Solutions, Inc.; Acs Federal Healthcare, LLC; Acs Global, Inc.; Acs Government Systems, Inc.; Acs Health Care, Inc.; Acs Heritage Inc.; Acs HR Solutions LLC; Acs Human Resources Solutions, Inc.; Acs Human Services LLC; Acs Image Solutions Inc.; Acs Lending Inc.; Acs Middle East Inc.; Acs Outsourcing Solutions Inc.; Acs Print and Mail Services Inc.; Acs State & Local Solutions Inc.; Acs State Healthcare LLC; Acs Tradeone Marketing Inc.; Acs Transport Solutions Inc.; Agilera Inc.; Agilera Messaging Inc.; Concera Corporation; Digital Information Systems Company LLC; Etravelexperts LLC; Government Records Services Inc.; Health Technology Acquisition Company; Livebridge Inc.; Midasplus Inc.; Newspaper Services Holding Inc.; Outsourced Administrative Systems, Inc.; Patient Accounting Service Center LLC; Superior Venture Partner Inc.; Tenacity Manufacturing Company Inc.; The National Abandanoned Property Processing Corporation; Title Records Corporation; Transaction Processing Specialists Inc.; Truckload Management Services Inc.; Wagers & Associates Inc.; Acs IT Solutions LP; Acs Marketing LP; Acs Properties Inc.; Acs Protection Services Inc.; Acs Rebgm Inc.; Acs Securities Services Inc.; Buck Consultants LLC | Citicorp USA, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2012 Reel 29152, frame 598 | Citicorp USA, Inc. | Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 8, 2016 Reel 40905, frame 458 | Xerox Commercial Solutions, LLC (F/K/A Acs Commercial Solutions, Inc.); Xerox State & Local Solutions, Inc. (F/K/A Acs State and Local Solutions, Inc.); Rsa Medical LLC; Healthy Communities Institute Corporation; Stratacare, LLC; Xerox HR Solutions, LLC (F/K/A Acs HR Solutions, LLC); Xerox Transport Solutions, Inc. (F/K/A Acs Transport Solutions, Inc.); Buck Consultants, LLC; Xerox Business Services, LLC (F/K/A Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.); Xerox Mortgage Services, Inc. (F/K/A Advectis, Inc.) | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 5, 2017 Reel 42416, frame 185 | Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. | Affiliated Computer Services, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 5, 2017 Reel 42416, frame 303 | Affiliated Computer Services, LLC | Xerox Business Services, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 5, 2017 Reel 42416, frame 827 | Xerox Business Services, LLC | Conduent Business Services, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 18, 2021 Reel 57969, frame 180 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Business Services, LLC; Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc.; Conduent Transport Solutions, Inc.; Advectis, Inc.; Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC; Conduent Business Solutions, LLC; Conduent Casualty Claims Solutions, LLC; Conduent Health Assessments, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Business Services, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Transport Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Advectis, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Business Solutions, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Casualty Claims Solutions, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Conduent Health Assessments, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 19, 2021 Reel 57969, frame 445 | Conduent Business Services, LLC | U.s. Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 19, 2021 Reel 57970, frame 1 | Conduent Business Services, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 20, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1179 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
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.
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