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Method and System for Testing of Policies to Determine Cost Savings

US 7,743,002 In force
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Term ends Jun 1, 2028 · High confidence

Held by Deem, Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2005 as application 11/240,740 · Granted Jun 22, 2010
Base term plus 1193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2028
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2005
Term ends
Jun 1, 2028
Granted
Jun 22, 2010
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
1,193
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.
7
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 1193 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 Feb 24, 2005, when application 11/067,537, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2005)Feb 24, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1193 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 1, 2028High 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 orderJun 1, 2028High confidence

This family

US 9,552,599Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2025
Jan 2025
US 7,743,002this patent
Jun 2028
Jun 2028
US 7,711,586In force
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
Application 11/549,967Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 13/190,418Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 10,049,330Term ended
Feb 2025
Feb 2025
US 10,832,177Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2024
Nov 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 12, 2006
Reel 17863, frame 782
Hernandez, RickRearden Commerce, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2009
Reel 23254, frame 243
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Labmorgan Investment CorporationSecurity Agreement
Sep 28, 2010
Reel 25051, frame 95
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Gold Hill Capital 2008, LPSecurity Agreement
Apr 16, 2012
Reel 28053, frame 556
Gold Hill Capital 2008, LPRearden Commerce, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 16, 2012
Reel 28053, frame 769
Labmorgan Investment CorporationRearden Commerce, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 7, 2012
Reel 29259, frame 491
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Labmorgan Investment CorporationSecurity Agreement
Sep 20, 2013
Reel 31249, frame 616
Labmorgan Investment CorporationRearden Commerce, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 21, 2015
Reel 35772, frame 888
Rearden Commerce, Inc.Deem, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 30, 2023
Reel 63197, frame 551
Travelport, LP [Composed of: Travelport Holdings, LLC]; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.; Travelport, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Mar 30, 2023
Reel 63204, frame 254
Deem, Inc.; Travelport, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 4, 2023
Reel 65762, frame 267
Travelport, LP; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Dec 28, 2023
Reel 66157, frame 732
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport, LP; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.; Travelport, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport, LPTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport International Operations LimitedTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBDeem, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBTravelport Operations, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 66140, frame 556
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTravelport, LP; Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTravelport, LPRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationTravelport International Operations LimitedRelease of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationDeem, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 24, 2026
Reel 75214, frame 231
Travelport International Operations Limited; Deem, Inc.; Travelport Operations, Inc.; Travelport, LPWilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Jun 1, 2026
Reel 74813, frame 236
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSBDeem, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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